weekend wrapup

What a very very very busy weekend this past weekend was!

On Saturday we woke up early (but not as early as some) to meet Ste's Aunt Judith (and family and friends) in Stratford for a viewing and tour of the 2012 Olympic Park site. It was huge and impressive and it was really interesting to hear all about the history of the site and the area of London.

The borough of Newham was heavily bombed in WWII and never really regenerated, so is one of the poorest boroughs in England now. But they are very concerned with making sure that the Olympic Park will help their area and make it into a new up and coming part of London. Besides all of that, the site itself is amazing as well, and a lot has been done to clean up the environment around the park as well.

These are some images of the park. As well as Ste's Aunt Judith (standing) and some other relations (left to right, SJ, Keiran, Ken (Judith's husband), SJ's father, Aunt Sheila, and Sheila's son, cousin Mark)

Then after a long day and evening we woke up bright and early, much more at the crack of dawn to go to the monthly Chiswick Car Boot sale. It was lots of fun and we got some interesting items (as seen displayed later at home), as well as a few items for us that I have not photo'd yet (a little watering can and two deck chairs for outside). SJ turned out to have a very keen eye for deals...

Then, as it was the 4th of July, our friends joined us for a romp with the animals in the park (including a very fat, sleepy rabbit), and some homemade veggie burgers, mac n cheese, and peach raspberry pie. Mmm mmm.

Happy 4th of July!