Weekend in the English Countryside

We spent the holiday long weekend in early November with an escape to the English countryside.  It was a nice, and relaxing trip.  We stayed at an adorable B&B in an old Victorian home in the town of Bath, England.  We spend our first day exploring the area including visiting the famous stone circles of Stonehenge and Avebury....we found Avebury, the lesser known of the two to be the coolest one.  The size and scope of the stone patterns was simply amazing!  We spent our second day exploring the town of Bath...a charming city famous for its old Roman architecture and Roman baths.  After a long day of exploring we spent the evening relaxing in the Roman thermal baths.  Our favorite was the outdoor rooftop bath.  While it was cold outside, the baths felt so warm and relaxing.  And, we were lucky enough to witness a fireworks show over the city while relaxing!
 If you are ever making a trip to London add a few days to make an easy stop in Bath!

Off to explore

Our cute B&B

The giant rocks of Avebury

Avebury continued....

Windy day in Stonehenge

Adorable town of Bath

We climbed to the top of this monument!

Lots of wind up there

Famous Roman architecture in Bath

The rooftop thermal baths

...with amazing fireworks!

Exciting times with the Sullivan Family!

We are excited to announce that the Sullivan Family is expanding.  Charlie's little brother will be arriving in early April and we couldn't be more excited!

Tallinn!

Tom spent last weekend on a boys trip with a good friend of his.  Sadly, these friends are finishing up their assignment in Warsaw, so it was nice that they got to squeeze in a final trip together.  They headed to Tallinn, Estonia for the weekend and loved the old and medieval feel of the city.  They got a bit of rain, but still had a fun weekend.

Fall Colors in Northern Poland

We spent a lovely October weekend exploring more of Poland.  It was the perfect time of year to take in the "golden autumn" as its known in Poland.  The colors  in the trees were amazing and it was great to get out of the city for a couple of short days!
We stopped by the town of Gietrzwald on our trip.  This city is famous because their were sightings of the Virgin Mary here in 1877.  It was a beautiful shrine and very peaceful even though there were lots of other tourists and religious pilgrims around.
It was a great weekend and lots of fun exploring more of Poland!
A bit more about Gietrzwald:
In the year 1877, according to the Catholics, Virgin Mary revealed to two little girls, Barbara Samulowska and Justyne Szafryńska. Virgin Mary appeared for several times, spoke Polish (this fact is important, as during that time Poland was under the German occupation), and explained how important it is to pray and say the rosary. Since then, pilgrims from Poland and foreign countries, have been coming to Gietrzwałd to see the picture of Virgin Mary and a miracle spring. The Catholic Church has acknowledged in 1977 the Vision of the Mother of Christ as real. The town is now an official pilgrim area.

Charlie had so much fun playing and running around!

The old castle where we stayed

Gorgeous fall colors

A morning stroll around the lake

So much natural beauty

A morning stroll around the lake

Taking in the holy water in Gietrzwald

More holy water...

Charlie loves holy water too!

Family photo from a great weekend!