Daffodils are coming!

"I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"

I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed---and gazed---but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.

William Wordsworth

Dublin

Recently I went to Dublin and what a wonderful city that is... there are many literary icons from Dublin. Like Jonathan Swift who wrote Gulliver's Travels.

Although men are accused of not knowing their own weakness, yet perhaps few know their own strength. It is in men as in soils, where sometimes there is a vein of gold which the owner knows not of. Jonathan Swift native of Dublin.

My friend Adi and I at the Chester Beaty Library Gardens behind Dublin Castle!

The River Liffy running through the heart of Dublin.

Adi and I at the Farmer's Market in Temple Bar

Nerja, Espana
La Costa del Sol es algo de los suenos!

Somewhere Over the Rainbow

London is an amazing place with so many beautiful sights. Like this rainbow over the city on a rainy day! 

London Adventures

Recently, the girls and I celebrated our 1 year Anniversary in London. To celebrate we all went to see WICKED which was so much fun! If you can believe it we have lived, played and worked in London for a year and I can safely say that London is still a wonderful place to be.












We went to West End Live and got a chance to see the theatre in the open air of Leichester Square. I got meet the Kung Fu Panda!!!
















I also got a chance to celebrate a good friend's wedding. Here are some of us celebrating at the Chinese Banquet that followed the ceremony.

Stratford-Upon-Avon

I'm not trying to provide a travel guide merely to show my loved ones (and anyone else interested) the the things that I have seen and experienced. England has such great history and so many magnificent stories - it is hard not to want to see them all!!!

Stratford-Upon-Avon is the birthplace of a man we all know and love,

William Shakespeare!!!

Here we are, Cindy and I bracing for our lives on the River Avon in the heart of rural England! Yeah um, we can't swim and that was so terrifyingly fun!

This is the house where William Shakespeare was born in 1564. SHUT UP! I know, right?


Shakespeare was also laid to rest in this little town at the Holy Trinity Church. It is a wonderful place to visit. I think I will come back...

the White Cliffs of Dover

Do you remember the film Princess Bride? Well the White Cliffs of Dover (behind Bjorn, Bren and I) reminded me of the cliffs of insanity only not as dramatic. I know, I'm sorry, the pic doesn't do them justice!

Turns out they are chalk cliffs made up of small sea creatures and coral from the bottom of a long gone tropical ocean. And they aren't so much white anymore as they are gray. But they were stunning nonetheless.

And atop the cliff was built a castle with secret wartime tunnels to follow. The secret wartime tunnels were used as a base to plan vital work in World War II.

Interesting stuff man... In the background is the Keep where we learned about how the castle was prepared for the arrival of the great Henry VIII in 1539.