A Whirlwind tour of England and Beyond!

Hello all!
This is going to have to be a short post, but I am hoping to put up a few pictrues. It was great seeing my mom and sister last week when they came to England to visit. It was a busy trip, full of sightseeing and adventure (inclduing missing scheduled buses and having to sleep in the station, crowding into a tiny dorm room, getting seasick on ferries, navigating our way in a foreign country where we didn´t speak the language, and other similar excitement). Overall though it was a lot of fun! We started in Norwich where I gave them a tour of UEA and the city inlcuding the castle and cathedral there. The next day, before heading into London, we went to Sherringham, a quaint seaside town, for a couple of hours. In London we stayed with a friend of my mother´s who she hadn´t seen in over 20 years, so it was neat to meet and catch up with her family. We hit up all of the main sites in London: Big Ben, Parliment, The National Gallery, Tower of London, the London Eye, a ferry ride down the Thames, Buckingham Palace and the changing of the guard, and also just spent some time wandering the city. We definitely crammed a lot into those two days before heading on to Paris for just one night to do the same. It was a long ride there as we took an overnight coach, which went on the ferry, and had all kinds of delays, but we made it and hit the ground running. We went to Arc de Triumph, the Louvre, walked along the Seine, and ascended the Eiffel Tower late at night for a great view of the city. The next morning we climbed up up to the Sacre Coeur church and explored the artisan area up there before catching a train to Le Havre where we took a ferry to Portsmouth, England. In England, we were greeted by and spent the weekend with friends of ours from church back home who are orginally from Engalnd. It was nice to be a bit more relaxed and spend Easter with them. Of course we did manage to squeeze in some sightseeing as we wandered around Westminister checking out the cathedral, a castle, King Arthur´s Round Table, a museum, and the gardens, and the next day having our first National Trust experience. It was a great trip and wonderful to see my family. On Tuesday they flew back home and I headed for Spain where I am now, but that will have to wait until later! (So much for a short post...)