Visit to Florida - Флорида муж руу явсан аялал

Khuslen and I visited my Mongolian friends in Clear water, Florida. We enjoyed the Busch gardens and beach. At the Busch gardens, he loved taking all different kinds of rides so much. It was Khuslen's 1st time to the beach. In the beginning, he was not sure about getting into the ocean. Then eventually he liked getting into the beach and playing with the sand. Khuslen also loved playing with Sarnai and Erdene who are my best friends' kids. Khuslen also loved to take a train ride in the mall and he did not want to leave the train at all. It was so enjoyable and fun trip to Florida.

Хүслэн хүү ээжтэйгээ хамт Флорида мужид байдаг ээжийнхээ найзууд дээр айлчлаад ирлээ. Хүслэн хүү анх удаа далай үзлээ. Тэрээр эхэндээ далай руу орохоос эмээж байсан боловч хэсэг хугацааны дараа далай руу орж сайхан тоглож байлаа. Мөн Бүүш гардэн гэдэг парк руу ээжийнхээ найзын хүүхдүүд болох Сарнай, Эрдэнэтэй очиж тоглолоо. Паркад байхдаа Хүслэнгийн хамгийн дуртай тоглох тоглоом болох галт тэрэг унах байлаа.

New Glasses & Out and About in London

Ryan got new glasses recently. He also lost his "gemini tooth" (double front tooth) and wouldn't let the tooth fairy take take it. He spends most of his free time reading, other than when he's on the computer or iPad. We named our new (old Victorian) chair, "Edmund". It is just the right size for Ryan to enjoy books. Spring blossoms are starting to appear and we have been enjoying the nice weather.

Хүслэн хүүгийн Лондон дахь аялал

Хүслэн хүү аав ээжтэйгээ хамт Англи улсын Лондон хотоор 14 хоног аялаад ирлээ. Онгоцоор нисэж байхдаа Хүслэн хүү мөс идэх дуртайг бид олж мэдлээ. Мөн тэрээр кетчуп болон загасны консервтэй хачиртай талх идэх дуртай болсоныг ч бас мэдэж авлаа. Бид Лондон хотод зөндөө олон музей үзэж, олон янзын газруудыг үзлээ. Түүний дотроос Хүслэн хүүд шинжлэх ухааны музей болон эрт дээр үеэс орчин үе хүртлэх хүүхдүүдийн тоглож өссөн тоглоомыг үзүүлсэн тоглоомны музей, Лондонгийн алсын харагч, далайн амьтдын үзүүлэнтэй аквариум маш их таалагдлаа. Тэрээр мөн метро болон галт тэргээр явах маш их дуртай. Метро зогсох эсвэл хөдлөх болгонд баяртай галт тэрэг хэмээн хэлж хүмүүсийг инээлгэж байлаа. Хүслэн хүүгийн энэхүү аялалын явцад дуртай болсон бас нэг зүйл уруу эсвэл өөдөө газар байвал тэрээр юм л бол дээшээ доошоо алхаж байлаа. Мөн тэр бас музей үзэх бүрт шат олж хараад шатаар дээшээ доошоо алхах дуртай боллоо. Хүслэн хүү хаа явсан газраа ямар ч насны эмэгтэйчүүдийн анхаарлыг өөртөө татаж байлаа. Харсан хүн болгон л ямар хөөрхөн эгдүүтэй хүү гэж өхөөрдөж байлаа. Мөн бид галт тэргээр 1 цаг 30 минут явж, Салзбүүри гэдэг хотыг үзэхийн зэрэгцээ нэгэн алдартай чулуун хөшөөг ч бас сонирхож үзлээ. Цаг агаарын хувьд урьд өмнө байдаггүйгээр их дулаахан бөгөөд нартай байсан тул юм хум сонирхоход амар байлаа. Ер нь Лондонд өвлийн энэ үед бороо их ордог гэсэн боловч бид нарыг байх хугацаанд зөвхөн нэг л өдөр бороо орлоо. За аялал маань нэг иймэрхүү сонинтой байлаа.

Khuslen's travel to London -

We had a really wonderful time in London. We've seen the Natural History Museum, Science Museum, Pollock's Toy Museum, Museum of Childhood, National Gallery, British Museum, Transport Museum, Tower of London, Tower Bridge Exhibition, River Cruise, London Eye, Big Ben, Sea Aquarium, Salisbury's Cathedral and Stonehenge. Khuslen loved the Science Museum, Museum of Childhood, Tower Bridge Exhibition, London Eye, Hamley toy store, and Sea Aquarium a lot. One of his most favorite thing to do in London is to take a tube ride. Everytime we take the tube, he will say hi, choo choo or bye bye choo and he made people smile on the tube just saying hi or bye choo choo. We discovered that Khuslen loves ice, ketchup and tuna sandwich during our trip in London. Ryan introduced Khuslen the hex bug, so now Khuslen has 2 hex bugs which he loves to play with them all the time. Khuslen loved walking in the park near the Tower Bridge and he loved chasing the pigeons in the park. Khuslen also loved taking the stairs up and down while we were in the museums. He also loved walking inside the London Eye cabin. We also took a train to the Salisbury. Then we took a bus to see the Stonehenge. It was so windy when we saw the Stonehenge, but somehow Khuslen did not mind the cold weather. He also really loved the train ride to Salisbury. We visited the Salisbury Cathedral and it was so amazing to see it. The weather was very nice amazingly and we had a few sunny days. Only one day we had the rain so we were so lucky with a nice weather.

Brian enjoyed his classes and sightseeing too. We all enjoyed our trip in London.

London New Years Eve Fireworks 2012

Happy 2012! Garett, Ryan and I were lucky enough to see the London New Years Eve fireworks last night. We arrived about 8:00 p.m. to stake out a spot amidst a few hundred thousand of our closest friends. The crowds were massive and Ryan got sleepier as the night progressed. At 3 minutes before midnight he asked if he could take a rest. It rained on and off while we waited (typical). But WOW!!! It was worth it. We had a great vantage point next to Big Ben and in view of the London Eye. Grandpa M says he had a much better (and more comfortable) view of the show back at the flat watching the BBC.

Afterwards thousands of people flooded the streets of central London and the London Underground. It took us one hour and 40 minutes to get back to our flat...5 times as long as usual. We hope you had a great celebration too. Best wishes for a wonderful New Year!

Here are two of my videos from the evening. I uploaded them to YouTube because it was taking too long to load them directly to the blog.

Big Ben Strikes Midnight 2012: http://youtu.be/baBjZJvZctg

London New Years Eve (Rolling Stones - You Really Got Me): http://youtu.be/AsmpVFiqaZQ

London Fireworks 2012 New Years Eve!!!!!

Here is a link to the BBC broadcast of the 2012 New Year's fireworks show in London. We think we saw Shelly, Garett, and Ryan in the crowd at about the 5:30 mark...



I hope this is a link you can click. We're having some issues with the link. And if you are a person who gets an automatic notice about a blog post, we apologize for the earlier post. Apparently we were actually watching last year's fireworks show!

Terri and John

Brian's New Look

Here is a drawing that Grace did of Brian at dinner the other night. Note especially the hair (or lack of) on his head, the facial hair, and the shirt collar that looks like his shoulders. I also love the moustache! She has really captured it all!

Terri