Comments on: Penny Wise, Pound Foolish

By: christie

christie — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:12:56 +0000

You could sit the family down at Hyde Park Corner with a sign saying “Americans escaping Bush, won’t you please help.” Have a fab holiday and don’t eat too much haggis.

By: Rosemary Amendola

Rosemary Amendola — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:42:13 +0000

My only other note on this topic is that you really are, in your heart, an honorary Italian and you need to blow more cash and take your kids to Italy once you have thoroughly scoured the UK. Believe me pasta and gelato don’t cost that much. La Dolce Vita!

By: Breon

Breon — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:17:43 +0000

Well said; you are very wise indeed, and holding on (for dear life) to the right values. Have an extraordinary adventure; I know you will.

With love,
Breon

By: Rosemary

Rosemary — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:16:14 +0000

Greetings from Nova Scotia! Well said. Let me tell you it’s about the kind of adventure you are really after. We dragged our daughter away from HER Facebook page and took her to small fishing villages, to Cape Breton, hiking, sea kayaking and to historical sites. Gotta do it. Our children need their childhoods. For some families like yours it’s the UK. For us it’s Italy (my heritage). I can say that our recent month in Rome, Umbria and visiting family and friends on the coast transformed my child. She gets really tired of small towns, including hill towns (I mean really tired–and they are in abundance), but she can’t wait to go back (especially Milan and Perugia for the yummy chocolate — what can I say, she’s a big city/mid-size city girl). She talks about the Sistine Chapel, the sculpture, the ruins, the art as if it were yesterday. Her and our best memories are the fun times in small town restaurants where every meal is art. Today she told me she really wants to go to Japan. Thankfully we can deal with the yen, not the darn Euro or pound. Our kids need wonderment. It’s not about the money. It’s about cherising life.

By: Julie

Julie — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:51:00 +0000

YES YES YES YES
I LOVE, and so agree with, your Pound Wise and Penny Foolish!
Have a fabulous time.
We did similar things in India, Cyprus and Italy.
Let’s plan on getting together when life gets back to schedules in the Fall.
Warmly,
Julie

By: CRobin

CRobin — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:46:55 +0000

Young boys’ imaginations mixed with castles and moats, palace guards, double decker buses and well-mannered people who speak the Queen’s English are all bound to inspire lifetime memories – screw the expense. Sometimes you just have to bite the bullet and go for it. Bravo and bon voyage y’all!

By: Wendy

Wendy — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:41:56 +0000

I was lucky to take 2 extended trips to Britain when I was 9 and 12, my father had work there, and we stayed in a flat in London near Kensington Gardens/Hyde park and also spent some time in Kent. It was magical and changed my life. I am so grateful to my parents for bringing my sister and I along for the ride, even if I did complain about missing my friends at the beginning.