As we say goodbye to the UK in a few days time, I reflect on the time that we have spent here and even though it's been cut short, we all have had a really awesome time. The sights we've seen, the places we have been through (some new ones: Upper & Lower Slaughter, Swap, Silloth, Redcar, Much Wenlock - ok, I could go on), the tourist places, the transport, the banking procedures which drives us to the point of in-saneness, the simple task of getting a SIM card for our phones and discovering that we have to wait 3 months for a 2nd sim card, the yummy groceries at Sainsburys - it's all been an experience that I (along with Jeff & Chloe) have thoroughly enjoyed and would have been totally disappointed if we had not have come altogether. Yes, we have only been here for 2 months, but we have visited so many places in Southern England, we have tasted the life in England, we have tried our best to get jobs and have failed, but we haven't failed at all because we have been here - our dream of coming here has come true.
We don't go home as loosers, we come home with moshi monsters,
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| see what I mean - 50 million moshi monsters to get back (add a few more in since that photo) |
postcards, booklets, stacks of photo's, a head full of fun memories, stamps in our passports, straw hats from the wild west show at Disneyland - if we had not of tried, we wouldn't have anything.
Anyway, enough of reflecting. Chloe finished school on Tuesday, today (Wed 29th), we had a surprise for her in London that she had absolutely no idea about. She's into this TV program called "Horrible Histories", is totally fascinated in the books and I got tickets for a show at the Garrick Theatre which was absolutely hilarious. The smile on her face when she finally realised we were seeing Horrible Histories was priceless.
Last minute shopping for the cousins at Covent Gardens, last minute shoe shopping at Lillywhites at Picadilly Circus because the shoes are cheap, and we were back on the train to Basingstoke.
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| CJ at the magic tricks stand at Covent Gardens |
Hopefully the next blog will be from New York, depending on internet connection.
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