Really London??

So this is by far NOT the highlight of our European vacation and I plan to post about the whole trip. However we saw this in the airport leaving London or maybe I should say that a coworker of the hubby saw it and had to buy it for him. I think that my squirrel assassin husband may have a lucrative future in the London crisp business...

Update: I was curious about the "Vote for me!" phrase on the crisps package so I went to check that out. Besides the yummy Cajun Squirrel flavor, you can also vote on Onion Bhaji, Fish and Chips, Builder's Breakfast, Chili & Chocolate, and Crispy Duck & Hoisin. I voted for the squirrel crisps because is somehow seemed right!

Missing in Action

I know I've been missing in action lately. There are lots of reasons for this. Some of it has been the new job that keeps me much busier and prevents blogging during the work day. Another part was the holidays which are just generally busy anyway. Then there is a little bit of having a lot to say about stuff I didn't feel like sharing with the world. It's sorta been nice to have the break.

Part of me wants to get back to sharing with everyone again but this will not be the time. All I see in front of me is at least another 2 weeks of not having time. Or maybe not... In two days I leave with the teenager and the oldest daughter to meet my hubby in Amsterdam. He is already there for business. Then he needs to be in France briefly and then London to round out the trip.

We are taking the teenager out of school for 2 days for this trip. It is a combination of her 16th birthday gift with lots of educational experience in Europe. It's not the trip I would have taken because Paris and London are lower on my list of places to go but this is where he needs to be and where she wants to go.

So we are letting her guide a lot of this trip and she is choosing to do lots of educational types of excursions... Anne Frank house in Amsterdam, concentration camps near Amsterdam, Eiffel Tower, Bastille, Notre Dame, The Louvre, of course shopping in Paris, and no real specific plans yet for London.

My true pleasure in all of this will be twofold. One that I will get to eat at some fantastic restaurants in Europe and that the teenager will have to step out of her comfort zone with food as well. She is a truly picky eater which I believe is my payback for any hell I gave my mom growing up. I have always eaten foods that most kids wouldn't and I think this is my payback to get a child who is my opposite in that respect.

Anyway, I may blog some while I'm there but that remains to be seen. Then I have a week back before there is a short leave from work that I won't go into here. I will likely be back at the blogging thing at that point.