1. LONDON, ENGLAND A Sentence Acrostic of the Cook Family Travels

2. L ong ago, Shakespeare’s plays were performed in the Globe; this re-creation is spot-on.

3. O n the River Thames is Big Ben & Parliament.

4. N ever step past the yellow line when waiting on the tube, and always “Mind the Gap.”

5. D ays and evenings are busy at Piccadilly Circus

6. O ver the pond, they take their cigarette warnings seriously.

7. N ever had we seen a sight like the Changing of the Guards at Buckingham Palace.

8. E skimo Joe’s may be the “Smile seen ‘round the world”; it was on the Thames walk near the London Eye.

9. N ow we were allowed to touch the art like this lion at an open-air market in Camden.

10. G oing on a trip, it’s fun to make new friends, especially when they’re the pilots of the plane

11. L ike other families in London, we enjoyed playing at the many parks.

12. A llé, Allé-Allé-Allé! Come on England!! Football (American soccer) is an important pastime.

13. N o matter how far from home, there are things that will remind us where we are from.

14. D o you dare to eat English food? This is bangers (sausages) and mash (potatoes).

15. LONDON, ENGLAND was the first of our European trips, and through it we learned a lot about another culture, another country, and each other.

16. Credits Poem by JC5 Photos by JC5 unless otherwise noted Based on the travels of the Cook Family 2006-2009