Rome watching Hotchip at the Lovebox Festival
One of the greatest things about being in England we found are the many festivals that happen all summer long. Although we didn't make the major music festival in Glastonbury (with 170,000 others camping out in the mud), we did go to a most unique and unusual event there and have been to a few smaller, local festivals as well. Stokefest was in our local park and opened up with DJ Giles Peterson, a local. Lovebox also had a great line-up that included Groove Armada, Blondie and the b-52's -- Rome was loving them and was walking around smiling and dancing with everyone while they played!! London is super child-friendly and there are baby & kids play areas even at the festivals. Rome had his first ferris wheel ride at Lovebox and played in a drum circle. Along with this, there are always a multitude of things to do each weekend listed in Time Out-- so much it's sometimes hard to choose.
A few other highlights from this summer are.... seeing Daniel Radcliffe (ie. Harry Potter) playing the lead role in Equus. This required him to strip down for the last scene where he jumped and screamed in only his birthday suit!!
We also left the country for a 12 day cruise on the Baltics which departed from Copenhagen and made stops at Stockholm, Helsinki, St. Petersburg, Talinn (Estonia), and Oslo. We stayed a few days in Copenhagen before we sailed and then returned for a side trip to Elsinore -- the home of Hamlet. We ate, drank, played & saw so much. What else is there to say--yes, it was an amazing trip, and definitely an easier way to travel with a little one. Rather than write about it, I'll let the photos tell the story -- if you want to see them, click on the link below:
http://www.kodakgallery.com/BrowsePhotos.jsp?&collid=26034925206.735142300306.1186527498023&page=1
