United Kingdom

On the northern coast of Cornwall, looking out from St. Ives. Charlie, James, Maxim.

	We started the summer with a trip to England. We met Charlie and Joke, his wife, in London and traveled to Stonehenge the next day. The place is surrounded by farmland.
	Next, we stayed for a three days in St. Ives. The beach was great, but the water was cold. The town is lovely and interesting. I went on a ghost tour one night. On the tour, we learned about different legends of St. Ives. The Birds, the book that inspired Hitchcock's movie, was set in St. Ives. The birds here are truly evil. They nearly stole bread from Maxim's hand, and they surrounded the bench where Charlie was sitting. We had just been talking about warnings that the birds are a nuisance when one swooped down, knocked Charlie's fish from his hand and then about 10 of them moved in to devour the whole meal.
Maxim is dipping his hand in the new Princess Diana memorial that opened during the time that we were in England.	London Eye
Grandma Hurst came to visit us in London. She's pictured here with Maxim in Green Park, London.
Maxim was infatuated with the whole scene outside the London Eye, but kept saying, "bus...bus...bus"
Near Brighton, we met up with some friends from Baku--Barry and Sara. Their son, Thomas is about 5 months older than Maxim. Below, all four boys are taking a swim in the pool.
A childhood dream come true early: Maxim is a bus driver.
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