Bank Holiday/Memorial Day Weekend

Wow it’s been about a week since I last update my blog. Sorry, things has been chaotic! Well after posting the last blog, unfortunately, I did not get to do any cooking challenges. Tuesday night, I was rushing all around and prepping for my interview and the arrival of my sister Carrie and my nephew Marcus for a visit. I ate out everyday for a week and man do I feel a few pounds heavier. By the way HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY! Enjoy the sunny day and BBQs??? It’s quite gloomy here in London and it’s 54 degrees outside. I'm missing the States, but having my sister Carrie and her family here, helped out a lot. Since she has visited London before, she didn’t have any desire to do any of the tourist things. So I decided to show her around my neighborhood and of course took her shopping. It was just her and her son Marcus for a couple of days. Her husband had a business trip and joined us on Friday. There was also a bank holiday going on in the UK today which made for a long weekend. Instead of mooping around wishing we were in the sun and barbequing, we all decided to get away to see Stonehenge, Bath and Cardiff. We rented a car and drove to see the countryside of the UK. It was nice to see so much beautiful, open land. I will say that the one thing I love about London as oppose to New York City, is the fact everything is spread out so you do get to see the horizon and don't have skyscrappers blocking your view of the sky all the time. Anyways, our first stop was Stonehenge, which is an interesting monument. It’s just one of those things you have to go and see. Bath, is a nice, quaint euorpean city. Due to the traffic, we were late getting to Bath, the famous roman baths were closed. Even though a lot of things were closing, we still enjoyed walking around the city. The layout of the city was very cute and really felt more like how I imagine a little Tuscan village, than a British city. Will and I are planning to come back here for a romantic getaway. We then headed out to Cardiff and stayed there overnight. When we woke up, we headed straight to the Cardiff Castle. We all had a good time walking around and exploring the castle. It was very interesting and less commercialized than other castles in Europe, which we all liked. Although I wasn’t barbequing or laying out on the beach, I still had a fantastic Memorial Day Weekend in the UK. It was a lot of fun having my nephew in London. He's the cutest and I miss him already. My sister and her family left early this morning. :( Guess I'm back to my challenges...