Tuesday, August 26, 2008

"It's free razor Monday"

Alright. Another blog. All of our journals are getting thicker and thicker with all the amazing times we have had in the past week or so. The trip has keeps getting better. The past few days have been full of historical and memorable sights.
I have lost tracks of the days, but on the 23, we left the amazing Henry and his wonderful little family to go to Stratford-Upon-Avon to see a play at the Court Yard Theatre.
I have seen many professional plays, but this one, by far, was the best I have seen. The director for this Midsummer Nights Dream, was brilliant. I was captivated the whole time.
The next day we headed to the Warwick castle. It was cool. It had full wax figures and John and I were able to go into a secret tower. The outside events, made the trip worth it. We watched several medieval activities, with "real" knights. One of the highlights was the eagle show. The performer sent the eagles RIGHT over our heads. It almost touched us several times.

After the castle we caught multiple trains to Bath. We got in around 6 or 7. Went to a Japanese place for dinner, which we all liked, then was off to see the famous Roman Baths. The weather has been a lot better lately, so our trip to the Bath was perfect. For some reason it was opened till 10, so we stayed the whole time. The Baths were super-duper ( I have used "amazing" too many times). It was crazy to stand in a building that was like 2000 years old. The outside bath was lite by torches, so it felt very "Roman". We all drank from the bath water well, and none of us like it. Very warm and kind of salty.
The next day we woke up early to catch a tour bus up to Stonehenge. It was cold and windy, but definitely worth seeing.
After that we caught a few trains over to the Blenheim palace. This place was THEE most beautiful place I have probably seen. I really dont feel like describing it. All i am going to say is that, YOU NEED to go see it.

I have much more to say, but I need to get off. The boys are posting pictures now. Hope you enjoy.


I have yet another list of things to know (if there are repeats, i am sorry):
-Everything seems to come in colors and not types. Coffee is either black or white. Black is no milk, white coffee is with milk (that they put in). Also there are few choices: latte, cappuccino, tea or coffee.
-Bread is "brown" or "white". Brown is probably some sort of enriched wheat.
- Moving through a crowd is difficult. Try moving through a crowd WITH AN UMBRELLA. This was a challenge for me. Dodging people and other umbrellas on a crowded street, takes incredible focus.
-EVERYTHING closes at 5.
-Lastly, John got some apple pie (for breakfast), and they asked him if he wanted cream on it. Thinking it was whip cream, he said yes. "Cream" actually means heavy whipping cream, so he got a side dish of liquid heavy cream. They also put cream on ice cream, which is amazing.

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