Our flight went well and was quite early. We circled a bit outside of Heathrow waiting to land. I barely slept, I think Dad did somewhat better. Passport control and customs were trivial. We met Ed at Hertz for the rental car, then waited for Linda whose flight was nearly an hour late. Then off to Oxford!
None of us had been to Jenkins’ ‘new’ house that they have lived in since the late 80’s. They have just renovated their garage into a lovely ‘garden flat’ which is where Ed and I are staying. It has a comfy bed, bathroom, kitchenette and a writing desk and dresser from Grandpa & Grandma’s house.
Tiffany was at the house when we got there. So nice to talk to her! She made spaghetti bolognese for dinner. I believe spaghetti of some sort is now an official welcome dinner for the Batterman’s in England.
Alan is his usual energetic self, and Barbara seems well in spite of apparent mild dementia. Have not seen Greg & fam yet.
Dad is so happy to be taking this trip. I am really glad we were able to convince him to join us. He keeps saying he never thought he would travel to England again.