Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Alison and Andy Arrive

Yes, Alison and Andy arrived safe and sound yesterday afternoon-- on the hottest day of the summer thus far. They were a bit wilted by the time they got here, but everything went smoothly as far as finding each other in the Heathrow airport after their respective flights from Seattle and Raleigh.



We had time for an early supper and a walk into the city centre, stopping along the Cherwell to watch the punters. It was fun showing them all the interesting back streets we've found, though by the time we got there, most of the shops had closed. One advantage of meandering in the early evening though, was that the streets were quite free of tourists, so we could take our time without being jostled. During the daytime, Oxford is a bustling place.


We stopped at one of the nicer pubs--- the Turf Tavern-- before heading back to the apartment before a big thunderstorm came through to break the heat.

It's great to be together as a family!
--Deb

1 comment:

Andy said...

Right-oh. I must confirm our wiltedness. I think it wasn't so much the heat as much as the non-sleeping on airplanes and the long day of sitting on a plane, sitting in a coffee shop waiting for Alison, then sitting on a bus. Anyway, glad to be here. Jolly good!