Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Road Trip
Saturday, 27 Sep 2008:
It was a warm and sunny weekend - around 18 degrees - which was considered warm for a typical September day in the great British weather. We rented a car and drove around town - bought some sandwiches and snacks - and drove down to Richmond Park for some good old nature and fresh air. There wasn't much at Richmond Park, except if you are into golfing, cycling, horse riding or jogging. There were plenty of open space for picnic of course. We did neither except to stroll around and soak up the sun. After that we headed off to a fun fair where Dom had his favourite train rides.
This is the car that daddy rented. Don't ask me what's the model or make, I only know it's a Ford. As long as it has 4 wheels, doesn't break down and doesn't look too shabby, I'm not too concerned about other aspects of a car.
Dominic's first car seat. Actually, no, his 2nd car seat. He had one when he was a baby but we stopped driving when we came to the UK.
Reindeer at Richmond Park
Sunday, 28 Sep 2008:
Sunday was a little bit cooler but still sunny. Daddy drove us up to the seaside town of Bournemouth. He managed to get us there without losing his way once but took a wrong turn on the way back - always meticulous in finding the way there but too excited to remember that it's not always the same road back.
The journey took slightly more than 2 hours (towards Bournemouth) with a little bit of traffic jam but it was unbelievable slow on the way back, which took us 4 1/2 hours includng a quick stopover for dinner. Traffic jam on the north-south highway in M'sia during the 'balik kampung' season was bad enough, as I'm pretty sure some of you would have experienced over the weekend as well. What we've experienced on Sunday was just as bad. At one point, we were actually at a complete standstill. With the M'sian traffic jam, I've always managed uncaught driving on the shoulder, as so many other vehicles did the same, but here, absolutely no one at all ventured into that tempting free empty lane.
Dominic was fabulously impressive throughout the entire journey and remained seated strapped up in his car seat for the entire time. At one point when we were stuck in traffic, he started singing, which I initially thought was to entertain himself out of boredom. It was only when he exclaimed "It's working!" (when the cars started moving) and "We did it!" (when we overtook a truck) that I understood he was imitating the Little Einsteins, overcoming obstacles by singing, dancing, etc. When he was a baby, I thought he was extremely cute and couldn't imagine him being cuter than that as he grows up, but I was wrong.
It was one of the longest day trip we've had and Dominic only wet his pants once - that is when we were stuck in traffic and even I felt like wetting my pants.
He was saying "I like waves! I like water!". The water was ice cold!
Then it was lunch time.
Hot air baloon ride - £10 per adult and £6 per child, which was pretty reasonable, but we didn't go on it because the queue was long, it was late and our parking was running out of time.
The entire photo album here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sukye/sets/72157607601134427/
