Well under way!

It's amazing how much can be accomplished in the matter of 3 days! After a ridiculously long flight James finally arrived Wednesday night. We then went on to start our tour with the finer parts of England- Wigan, Prescot, and Leigh ;) Yesterday we met up with the grandparents (both sets) in Barlick (Barnoldswick) for a viewing of the sights and a couple rounds of snooker. James was horrible, and thanks to arbitrary scoring Maria won by about 500 points... hmm... Today we headed back down to the very north west (James is confused as to how one can go DOWN to the VERY north west) and met up with Theo in Liverpool. We had a whirlwind trip around the center (centre) in about 2 hours and then headed off to the beach to see the Anthony Gormley art installation. The weather was in our favo(u)r, so with any luck Maria and Theo will get a tan comparable to James' exaggerated tan in this photo! It's been a very packed but awesome/lovely three days (and these were the quiet days before the real travel begins!).