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Prior to my first trip to London in 2000, I knew very little about England. However, while living in Kigali I met many Brits working for the Great Britan embassy and several NGOs. Besides falling in luv with their proper British accent, I found British people to be polished, fun-loving and socially sophisticated. I was intrigued so I planned a solo trip to London in 2000 with the help of a friend who was working for Africare in Kigali. She often spoke about her amazing semester in London while attending Yale University. Rosalind told me where I should visit and suggested places for me to see and things for me to do. I was excited.
During my trip, I met up with a few friends of friends, went sala dancing, visited galleries and museums, and met a kind man who let me drive his Mercedes SLC, on the right side of the road (he had a lot of faith :-). The experience was both scary and thrilling. I particularly enjoyed taking the tube to Hampstead, exploring the eclectic shops, restaurants, and bars.
In 2014 I planned a family holiday to England and shared our plans with RJ’s second-grade teacher, Ms. Ceri. To our delight, Ms. Ceri’s family invited us to Combe Martin, a small village in Devon, England. The Whatley family took us to several villages to see the countryside, taught us to bodyboard, and took me to a quaint pub, where I had a fantastic time listening to a live band and dancing the night away.
Anyone who knows me knows that London is one of my favorite cities in the World and how much I enjoy British royalty, their dry sense of human, the country landscape, period and crime dramas, Garage music, Cream Tea, Fish & Chips, and Thatcher’s Gold Apple Cider :-).
Here are photos of our family holiday in England in 2014.
