Meidan kylalla

Meidan kyla on kiva ja siella on hyvia kauppoja.  On mukavaa aloittaa aamu Starbucksista ja siirtya sitten kauppakierrokselle.  Eipa tarvitse menna kauas loytaakseen jotain ihanaa shopattavaa.  ;-)

Our village centre is nice and we have lots of good shops there.  The best thing is to start the day at Starbucks and then move on to shopping.  One doesn't have to travel far to find something lovely to bring home.  ;-)

England <3

Harvest festival

Today my two older boys performed with their school at a church nearby.  It was time for the annual harvest festival which was once again a great success.  The children sang and performed beautifully and the atmosphere was special.  My pics are not very good but you may see a glimpse of my boys if you look carefully.  <3

This particular church is really beautiful.  Too bad it's impossible to get the whole building in a picture.

Looking forward to more lovely events where I can see my kids perform.  <3

London fun

The other day I spent a whole day shopping and sightseeing in the city with my guests.  This is the first time here for my dear friend so we saw a lot of famous sights and also spent several hours on Regent street and Oxford street shopping for clothes etc.  It was a blast!  After hours of walking our dinner in Chinatown tasted heavenly!

Vietimme mahtavan paivan Lontoota kierrellen siskoni ja ystavani kanssa.  Tama on ystavani eka kerta Lontoossa, joten kiertelimme kuuluisia nahtavyyksia seka vietimme tunteja Regent and Oxford -kaduilla shoppailun merkeissa.  Tuntien shoppailun jalkeen Chinatownin paivallinen maistui taivaalliselta!

Tanaan vieraat ovat tutustumassa Guildfordiin ja odotan taas heita kotiin ostoskassien kera.  ;-)

Today the guests are visiting Guildford and I expect them to arrive home with another load of shopping bags...

Vieraita

Meilla on kylassa ihania vieraita, nimittain siskoni ja laheinen ystavani.  Olemme tehneet kaikenlaista kivaa, ja pubissakin olemme kerenneet rentoutua.  Kyllapa steak and guinness pie maistui taas hyvalta.
:-)

We have lovely guests visiting this week.  My sister and my close friend are enjoying London and I get to run around with them enjoying their company.  We've done a lot already, including a relaxing pub evening.  The pub's steak and guinness pie tasted so yummy once again!

Surprise, surprise...

... we spent Saturday in Manchester!  Martin took Alex and Colin to the ManU-Norwich game (ManU won 2-0!!!) and meanwhile Liam and I spent some good hours at Trafford Centre which is a big shopping mall in Manchester.  The bigger boys and M had a blast at the match and Lee and I enjoyed shopping so overall a great day!  However, I think this was the last time we could have Liam skip a game; he would have wanted to go there and protested against shopping at first.  Luckily I managed to bribe him with some toy shops and he was fine with that after a while.

Here are some pictures of the Trafford Centre.  ManU pics are on Martin's phone but I will try to add some of those later.

Trafford Centre was nice and especially the food court was stunning.  Lee and I had some yummy Indian food...

Fun, fun, fun!!!

Mukava paivallinen

Alexin kaveri perheineen omistaa kivan pubin lahiseudullamme.  Sunnuntain Leith Hill -kiipeamisen jalkeen ajelimme heille syomaan paivallista.  Ilma oli siis mita ihanin, ja mekin istuimme pubin kauniissa puutarhassa ruokailemassa.  Puutarhassa on myos kiva leikkipaikka lapsille, joten pojat saivat leikkia ennen ja jalkeen paivallisen.  Ruoka oli hyvaa ja kylma juoma raikasti mukavasti.  :-)

Alex's friend's family owns a lovely pub quite close to our home, and after Leith Hill we decided to have dinner there.  It was great!  We sat in the beautiful pub garden enjoying the sunshine and some good food.  The garden also has a nice play area for children so our boys got to play, too.  What a lovely dinner!

Reippailua luonnossa

Taalla Englannissa on ollut kuuma, 30 astetta lampoa jo viikon ajan ja nyt on jo lokakuu!  Tuntuu uskomattomalta, mutta taytyy nauttia, silla joku tiesi kertoa meille, etta ensi viikolla voi tulla lunta!

Meilla oli ihana sunnuntai.  Laiskan aamun ja lounaan jalkeen suuntasimme Leith Hill -nimiseen paikkaan. Auto jatettiin kukkulan juurelle ja sitten kiipesimme ylos kukkulan paalle.  Reitti meni metsassa jossa pojat juoksentelivat ympariinsa.  Kukkulan paalla on torni josta aukeaa upeat maisemat yli laaksojen ja pienten kylien.

It's hot here in England.  It's been 30 degrees every day for the past week or so... and it's October!  We have taken advantage of the lovely weather as someone said next week might bring snow to England!

We had such a wonderful Sunday.  After a lazy morning we drove to a place called Leith Hill.  We parked our car at the bottom of the hill and then hiked up to the top.  The path took us through a forest where the boys enjoyed running around.  On top of Leith Hill there is a tower and from the top you can see far away.  Great scenery does wonders to one's soul!