We went to Abingdon yesterday, to try shopping at Tesco, a “superstore”. We thought that meant a store like K-Mart or Wal-Mart, but it’s actually a large supermarket with a few household goods. It has a large parking lot, at least, so we checked out mini-vans, called MPV’s here, many of which have no luggage space to speak of. The Toyota Previa and Chrysler Grand Voyager look OK, and we discovered the wonderfully named Mitsubishi Space Wagon.
We also had two good meals. You can see the kids eating a sundae at Pizza Express, which contrary to its name is quite an elegant place.  At $90 or so, it was three times what we’re used to spending for a family lunch at a restaurant. The 4.95 -pound kids’ meal included a sundae and a special coffeeless coffee–foamed millk with chocolate powder, shown here on Benjamin’s hand.
     
