July Travels with Mom & Dad Parks

We were very lucky to have our next set of parents visit us for two weeks and travel throughout the UK and Italy and then join us back at home in Guernsey. 

First stop was a day at the British Open and thankfully it was the only day of sun during their time in the UK.  I then joined them for the weekend in London.

The amazing Indian restaurant we stumbled upon the first night for dinner

 Matinee showing of The Phantom of the Opera

 Dinner at our favorite Mexican spot- Wahaca in Covent Gardens.  Tequila shots for all.

Sunday service at St. Paul's.  We ducked out of the 2.5 hour service after the offering of 'peace.'

 even worse...we ducked out to go shopping at Selfridges famous shoe gallery

We left the Parks in the UK and headed back to work for a few days.  Then Josh met them in Rome.  He'll add those pics at some point.  Then I met all 3 of them in Florence.  Not many people can say they have been to Florence twice in one month!

The grounds overlooking the city

Piazza Pitti for happy hour

Academia- The real David

Tuscany for a vineyard tour

And the tasting...two reds and a white wine and olive oil

The courtyard of the castle

Back in Florence- Riolto Bridge

I LOVE Florence!

Our last night in Florence and some amazing live music...

...then it was off to Venice

 Pub crawl through Venice. Started with red wine...

and ended with an aperitif of grappa

Hugging St. Marks at midnight

Back to Guernsey

Now that is what I call a chicken skewer!

 All dressed up to celebrate Josh passing the CFA

 Southern Cliff walk

A day in Sark

What an amazing two weeks!  We miss you and love you and thanks for visiting.

Fruit & Vegetable Bus Party

One of our good guy friends left the Rock and moved over to Jersey.  For his going away party, we all dressed up as fruit and vegetables (his chosen theme) and did an island wide pub crawl on the local 7 bus.  Unfortunately, we only made it half way around the island due to the bus timetable, but ended up in Town to finish off the night.

The Strawberry Patch and the Banana

The Watermelon

Taking over the patio at the Deerhound

The airport- only in Guernsey can a group of 20 fruit and vegetables head

straight to the bar and not get arrested!

The entire group outside of the Imperial.  Josh was a Mexican Chile Pepper.

The banana and I teamed up and kicked some butt at Foosball. 

Mom and dad that Foosball table was a great investment!

On the bus headed back into Town after about 9 stops.

Ending the night at the Crow's Nest.

Cobo Beach BBQ

We enjoyed our first "proper" Guernsey beach BBQ a few weeks ago.  Mid June, and the weather can't seem to break 70.  Warm enough to be on the beach, but not in a swimsuit.  I think I am going to have a permanent tank top tan line.  We played every British sport possible including rugby and rounders and then we got to freshen up our sand volleyball skills.  And as always, on the bike ride home, we had to make a stop at the pub.

The Pink Ladies Sunset Walk

Over 2,000 women came together for the 10.6 mile sunset walk along the coast of Guernsey to support Breast Cancer.  We started at 6pm, made a few pit stops along the way (mainly for rose wine...seemed fitting) and ended up in Market Square dancing to an ABBA cover band.  The color pink took over the entire island for the evening.  What a great event for an important cause!