Today has been very uneventful. We woke up around 9 and went over to Emma and Matt's to get some things and hang out. After about 10 minutes on the couch, I was counting sheep. I didn't end up waking up till noon. I spent the rest of the afternoon working on getting my transportation down to London figured out and how and where I am going to meet Emily. I called the hostel to confirmed our reservations and look up directions from the bus station to the hostel. I leave tomorrow at 7:10 for London and arrive 12:30. Check in is not till 2 and Emily doesn't get in till 8. I figure I will just have a walk around town and have some lunch before Emily arrives. Adam has been raving about England's fish and chips. We will see how it compares to our NW, fresh catch, Ivers fish and chips. By the way I have just remembered that I have not been telling you all about the weather here. Both days I have been here it has been cold. Jumper(jacket) weather for sure. It has even rained a little bit.
Around 6pm, Adam and I went to his dads house for Sunday tea, which is Sunday dinner. His dad lives in this huge 300 year old castle looking house. I put pictures on Facebook. Supposedly, there are still hidden underground tunnels in the yard from when the monks lived there, for sneaking people in and out of the property. They still haven't been found. After a tour, many pictures and meeting up with Dan and his girlfriend, we stepped out the backyard door into the middle of this small little village center. It was the coolest thing! All these little restaurants with hotels above them now, which I assume only sleep a dozen or two. There two small streets that fingered up and continued up the hill. It was so spectacular. I literally felt like I had gone back hundreds of years. I found myself stopping, looking around and thinking of what was going here hundreds of years ago. A bunch of people walking around coming to trade goods and food? Knights and their swords. I don't know, but it sure is cool to wonder. After trying to eat at two different places and getting refused, we jumped in the restaurant that was directly behind their dad's house. I had some pesto pasta, which was excellent, and everyone else either had beef or lamb. Even though their dad did not come to dinner, he treated all of us and I made sure to tell him twice how much I appreciated it. It was getting late after dinner and I have an early bus ride in the morning, so we loaded up for the 40 min ride through the beautiful country of farm land, back to his mothers house.
I am up in Dan's room now typing away and loading pictures. I will try and make some phone calls before heading to bed. Next time you hear from me, I will be in London!!!!!!! So stoked!!
All the best,
Kurt
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