As we were sitting at dinner tonight, Tim began recalling all the travel we have done in the past three days. And even though I have been there for each and every mile, it wasn't until I heard him say it out loud that I stopped to consider just how far we have come. On Tuesday we boarded a flight that took us almost 5,000 miles to London. We spent one night there, woke up and traveled 300 miles on a train to Newcastle. One night there and we were on a train once again today to travel 120 miles up the coast to Edinburgh. We will have slept in 4 different locations in 4 days time and for all the motion and mayhem, the kids have (for the most part) kept it together. I will say, a very positive by-product of all this has been the kids and their ability to sleep-in each morning (yes, even Caleb!). I actually had to wake each of them up at 9:45am this morning! Who knew jet lag could be so beneficial?
My plan is to have Caleb write an entry soon so you can get our experience from a kid's point of view so be looking for that in a day or two. For now, I'll just say Newcastle was lovely and the kids and I did a pretty good job of keeping ourselves busy while Tim was at work. We visited a children's book museum this morning called Seven Stories, which would have been even better if we would have had a bit longer to linger. As it was, we had to meet up with Tim and then all of us traveled to Tynemouth right on the coast to enjoy our first experience of fish-n-chips. Quite yummy but for as excited as Maddie was to partake, she ate very little. (As a side note, my kids have not had a piece of fruit since we left London..ugh!) We enjoyed a pleasant train ride up into Edinburgh, checked-in to the hotel, ate some dinner, and are now tucked in bed ready for some much needed rest. Again, a good day for us. Happy to have Tim with us for a few days and in the same hotel room for more than one night. Hope all is well back home. Cheers y'all!
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