This week in June (since I am back-date posting this blog on what is today, July 31st, I feel compelled to remind myself and my readers on the time travel we are now doing) I spent most of the work week outside of London for a work trip. The workshop I was at was held at Champney's Health Spa (http://www.champneys.com/spa-resorts/champneys-tring/), a venue made available to Walgreens Boots Alliance because of our majority ownership of their Champney's health spa branded products sold in our Boots stores. The place was amazing, a bit like Downtown Abbey turned spa. Safe to say our small group were the only ones working, as all of the other non-staff were milling about between spa treatments in their robes and slippers. Even if we did have to work, the views weren't bad and I got a free massage at the end of it! Unfortunately one of the nights I also got some sort of food poisoning and ended up spending the majority of the night with my head in a toilet. Yuck! The workshop was with some extremely senior executives from global that I was eager to make a positive impression on, and so I had to suck it up and turn it on the day after my little stomach issue. I'm happy to say that my nausea retreated just in time and I was able to have a pretty solid day of impressing my superiors, if I do say so myself. As with my trip to London last Fall, the business class air travel continues to be one of my favorite parts of the trip.
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| Champney's Health Spa |
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| Formal gardens |
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| View from my room |
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| Front entryway |
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| Went for a walk around the grounds the first day there |
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| Got home Friday around lunchtime and Matt and I enjoyed a few hours on the boat together. |
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| Farmer's Market on Sat am |
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| After the Farmer's market we tried out the tube for the first time! |
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| The kids LOVED it!! They wanted more and more and more. All three of us on that tube! |
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| Saturday we went up to WI for one night of camping. After a no-go situation at our original camp site in Lake Geneva (drunken site-mates), we went back to the Richard Bong Recreational Area where we had gone last Fall. |
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| Claire helping put the tent up |
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| It is up! |
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| S'mores |
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| I think she is so cute in this picture. |
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| Walking to the bathrooms |
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| Our campsite |
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| Take 2 on trying to get a good pic of these two |
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| Sunset |
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| Claire was just running around and singing |
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| Me and my babies |
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| Happy Father's Day to DAD!! sleeping in the HOT tent the next morning |
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| Spent a little time at the beach before heading out on Sunday |
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| Happy Father's Day gifts and cards |
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| Mini golf |
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| Already a true golfer, she threw down her putter and had a tantrum in frustration |
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| Dinner at The Mean Weiner |
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| Reuben in honor of my Dad - yum! |
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| Presents for Matt from his parents |
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