We made it back in Cincinnati after nearly three months and more than 16,000 miles. With Aunt Mary we visited Karen’s Aunt Nell in the morning, then had lunch and visited with Steve’s Uncle Neil and Aunt Vi before heading to Dayton to spend the evening and have a delightful dinner with Steve’s cousins Tom & Kathy and their son Paul.
 
Off the beaten path is Hampstead is the more than three hundred year old Burgh House with a fascinating history. It’s now a community center, local museum, gallery, concert venue, event space, and more open to the public four days a week. We popped over for a bite to eat and to peruse the galleries to learn a little more about Hampstead history.
Ever since its debut on Broadway the two of us have wanted to see “Wicked the Musical”. Today we realized that dream. In the Apollo Victoria Theater in London’s West End we were witness to the incredible prequel to The Wizard of Oz, the story of the Glinda the Good and the Wicked Witch of the West.
London’s National Portrait Gallery’s temporary exhibition, “Six Lives: The Stories of Henry VIII’s Queens” presents an amazing collection of portraits, jewelry, personal effects, books, costumes, and more to illustrate not only the lives of the six women who married the second Tudor king, but the effort across five centuries to keep their memory alive.
It was great to visit to visit with you here in Dayton. We enjoyed seeing all the pics from your trip – makes us want to visit some of those places where we haven’t been yet. Say hi to David and Rhonda for us. Have a safe journey to NC.
Tom & Kathy
Karen and Steve,
Happy Thanksgiving!
Wonderful to see you Monday and introduce you to “Christopher’s” bread pudding.
Your travel log was wonderful…send us a copy of the Grand Teton/Jackson Lake pic…I’d love to make it my computer wallpaper.
Can’t wait to train out in June and go to Moab and Canyonlands.
Someday you guys us and the Canadian Rockies….
Safe home…
Much Love,
Kathy