Sunday, 5 May 2013

Julia's in Penrith Still in England

My Dads second cousin Julia

This is Julia and her husband Brian and my family in front of their house. Brian Donelly was knighted by queen Elizabeth. He was a diplomat but is now retired. They met at a dinner party that was at this house when he was the ambassador while in Greece. She likes to go to Greece. They have traveled all over the world together. She told me so many stories about herself. She is an author and writes about Greek mythology and has turned it into many stories. She has a beautiful garden and their house used to be part of an old barn. If you dig about a foot down in the back yard you will find an old cobblestone street that is over 300 years old.



These were some of the flower's in her garden  






 This picture is of my great great grandpa Halen he is the one on the very left. He is wearing traditional clothing for that age. He was born in Shanghai.  This family started the oldest newspaper in the UK in the 1800s.
 This is a picture of my sister and I at the lake in lake district in Penrith. We went to see the Ents that Julia wanted to show us. This Lake is also one of the places that the author Wordsworth came to visit. There is also a quote from Coleridge another author on the steps here.
 This is Go Ape. It's like tree go for the UK. My favorite part was zipping fast on the zip lines.
 Me climbing the rope net.
This is me sitting on one of the rocks.
 This picture explanations more about rock circle.
 This rock circle is 4500 years old. It is said to be a place of prayer. It was in the center of all the mountains on a hill.


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