England Day Ten- Museum and lunch with Uncle Lee

We went to the museum today, it was a great time!  Erianna had a blast.. it was a neat place.. Here are some pics!

See if you can find our pictures below :)

They had to figure out how to make the square....

and for lunch we had....... http://www.harryramsdens.co.uk/

After lunch we met Jack at the track for his competition amongst all the primary schools in the area.  They won the trophy for the boys being the most athletic.  It was a neat event to attend.

England Day Nine- Trafford Centre and Lego Land

After a usual late start, we were walking to the village, and we saw a cab...so I hopped in it, and off we went!

At the Trafford Centre we went in the coolest store,  http://www.hotelchocolat.co.uk/Chocolate-Store-Trafford-Centre-Astore_tra/  What a neat store!  Of course we took some things home with us!!

The entrance to the food area!

Lunch at the Italian restaurant.

First ride at Lego Land, http://www.legolanddiscoverycentre.co.uk/manchester/en/index.htm.  Neat place to take Erianna, she enjoyed it. :)

After Lego Land I came home and had a delicious dinner date with my cousin Jemma at a place called the Merlin. http://www.themerlin.co.uk/  We caught up and reminisced about the past, and discussed the future!  It was a great dinner date!  Wish it could happen more! 

Day Eight in England, Isle of Man

The second day in the Isle of Man, was Erianna and I running around the village, and visiting our favorite places.  We went to her favorite park first, but unfortunately her favorite slide was wet!  Here are our pictures and some fun from our day...

The best slide ever!

Run on the beach... burrrrrrr

The man you see in the picture owns a store in the village called, Trends. We bought a few things at the shop and I did not notice, but they charged us twice for two of the items.  The man came to find us to give us the money back.  We were on the beach, far away from the shop, so it was pretty nice of him to come and look for us. Shows some serious honesty and integrity!

Another attempt for a nice picture on the beach...

We walked to Beryl's house to catch up. This is a picture of one of the orchids I sent my nana last year, that I gave top Beryl when I was cleaning out my Nana's house and it is so beautiful right now.  She took great care of it! :)

Erianna after not feeling well.  She got really hot and complained she had pains all over.  Luckily enough she was able to get better in time for some Isle of Man ice cream.

Erianna and Uncle Nigel with the best ice cream ever!

The sound of sea gulls reminds me of the Isle of Man, they are everywhere!

We went to see another friend of my Nana's, and after sitting there for a while we noticed how bright it was outside, so we went for a walk around her neighborhood.  We found a foot path, and followed it. 

The foot path led us to one of my favorite restaurants in the Isle of Man, the Pavillion. I have been eating  here since I was Erianna's age with my Mother.  I have a lot of memories there!

Before we left for our flight back to England, we stopped by the Calf Sound to kill time and take some pictures.  We were lucky enough to see some seals while we were there, and wow, they are loud!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calf_Sound

Erianna starting young.  :)

At the airport, I found it funny that there were kitchen knives in there.. Like oops, sorry, I need to take my wine key and kitchen knives out of my luggage!

And, we are home!  Well, back in England.. and we went for dinner at one of my favorite Indian Restaurant.  Cinnamon in Hale. YUMMMY  http://www.cinnamon-hale.co.uk/

Day Seven in England, A night in the Isle of Man

The day has arrived..  I went to England to see my relatives, and bury my Nana's ashes.  It was a hard visit coming to England, without my Nana and Isle of Man being a large part of the visit, as it always has been.  We woke up early for our flight to Isle of Man, and arrived around 9:30 in the morning.  We walked around the village and hit up a few of our usual spots.  We caught up with Nana's friends, and Erianna got really upset.  It was really sweet and upsetting, too.  She said it didn't feel right eating with Nana's friends without Nana.  She was super upset, but when she got her fish and chips, she seemed to be just fine.  Here are the pics:

Erianna making friends with a dog outside the bank..

Erianna posing for a picture on the famous beach wall.  Every time we have visited she has taken a pic there, unfortunately it was cold, misty and miserable, so the pics are nowhere near as good as they have been in the past!

Nana's house.  We snuck up to give the new owners some things that they would need, and the house is completely empty three months after we got everything out..and they hurried us out... ?

A castle in Castletown

Erianna fell over and she seemed to be just fine after a trip to her favorite sweet shop, Memory Lane.  It's the size of a shoe box, with sweets all over every wall.  They have everything, too!

http://memorylaneiom.co.uk/toffees.html

People's gardens that live in Port Erin near the sea shore.  I love these little gardens.  They are so relaxing, and each have such different relaxing elements to them.  Here are my favorite two.

Erianna petting a cat near the beach.

We had a hot chocolate here with Uncle Lee, while Grandpa Uncle Nigel took a nap.  Erianna played on the beach, and I tried to get some good pictures..

One of the pictures I took from the Cosy Nook Cafe. 

A manx cat found near the Cosy Nook Cafe.  What is a manx cat you ask??

A cat with NO tail!

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manx_(cat)

Erianna found a flower on the ground and put it in her hair.. so cute :)

We stayed at the Falcon's Nest hotel.  

Time to burry Nana's ashes.  Erianna picked this plant out to leave on the grave for Nana, Grandad and my Mommy.

This is after we lowered my Nana's ashes in the grave so she is finally at peace with her husband and daughter. :' (

After the cemetery visit we went on an adventure and found a road we had not traveled on before and a beach we had never visited.  It was beautiful.

There are cows, sheep and goats everywhere in the Isle of Man, and they do make the BEST ice cream EVER! 

http://www.davisons.co.im/

A house we passed by on the way back from the beach, this persons garden was so cool!  Look at that bush!

Yummy, we found some ice cream!!!

For dinner we went to the BEST chippy in all of England.  Can't beat it!!!  Erianna was  a happy camper, and we were there with my Nana's friends Beryl, Peggy and Janet.  It was such a great meal, with great company.  My Nana had some great friends in the Isle of Man.  It was such a delight joining them for their Tuesday night fish and chips ritual!

When we got back from our second dinner...yep, after the fish and chips place we went to a restaurant called Fusion for dinner number two...  Pretty modern place, seems totally out of place in the Isle of Man.  https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fusion-Bar-Restaurant-Castletown-Isle-of-Man/146660485382000?sk=wall

We got back to the hotel, my Uncles went for a few more pints...and  I dried Erianna's hair.  She loved it!

Then...... zzz zzz