Our Journey

On June 15 we left Moscow, Russia after 10 years here as a family and returned to California overland. Traveling with 3 kids by train, boat and car through Europe, across the Atlantic and then across the US may not be your idea of a relaxing summer vacation. It was not ours either, but it was the trip of a lifetime!

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

DAY 15: Fourth Day on the QM2

June 30

More of the same. The kids are still enjoying their program, still no sign of land. We decide to spring Katie early from her group so she could enjoy her first formal tea. She is the only child there and she is enchanting. She especially loves tea the way Mommy fixed it for her with lots of milk and sugar and she REALLY loves dancing with her Daddy.


Tonight is the Royal Ascot Party Ball, not that we plan to attend. Everyone is encouraged to wear fancy hats and in preparation they are offering what I thought was a hat decorating class. Katie and I thought it would be fun to try our hands at hat decorating. We find a seat in the conference room and wait for the class to begin. A few people have their own hats they have brought, but most, like us, are empty handed. Soon a couple of staff members bring in big boxes of glitter, ribbon, paper, glue, scissors and dump it all on the table. They inform us that this is not a class and the only instruction is really an invitation to come make something out of the materials in front of us. Katie and I set to work to make a hat from scratch and here is what we came up with:





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