Missing England

It has almost been a year since we left for England. I had bought my ticket already this time last year.

I had the excitement of counting down the days until the expected time of departure. 

 

A few days ago I was watching a tv show (Miranda). A show we watched in England. while I was watching Miranda I had a flashback of when we were on the train. I had Cadbury chocolate in my hand, and I was looking off in to the distance, I saw green fields with sheep. There were sounds of people talking - I remember two girls talking about what they were going to buy as soon as they got to Bristol. And then the train came to a stuttering stop and I heard the almost mechanic sound of a woman's voice saying Bristol Temple Meads next stop. then I heard mind the gap... mind the gap... and I woke from my daze. 

And there I was in the living room; no trains, no british people, and no cadbury chocolate. I was so happy when I was traveling meeting new people. Some mornings we would just walk not really having a destination in mind but we would walk for miles until are hunger would over power are longing to walk so we would stop and get cream tea. One day when we were walking the coast near Penzance are trail led us right to a tea house. literally right to the tea house! 

I hope to go back and walk those trails through meadows of sheep someday. 

A magnificent day in Bath!

Bishops palace at the wells cathedral 

The Roman baths

May 19th  was a great and wondrous day. For two reasons: (1) We went to Bath. (2) It was my 15th birthday. Bath was a beautiful city. You could feel the vibration of history coursing through the walls. We went to the Fashion Museum first and then Jane Austen Centre. My friend (Gypsy) and I are both interested in fashion through the ages. It's amazing how much you can find out about times by looking at fashion. At the Fashion Museum they let us try on Victorian outfits. Also at the Jane Austen Centre we got to try on Regency outfits. After, for my birthday we went to the Jane Austen tea room. We got cream tea! Oh cream tea how I will miss you when I get back to the states, the way the clotted cream goes so well with the lovely scone.

We took a pleasant stroll through the Roman baths. You could imagine all the people through the years coming to the warm baths. It's amazing how long it's been here and how many people have seen the same things we are seeing today.
On the way back from Bath we stopped in Wells so I have a few pictures of the beautiful cathedral. The cathedral that we see today was built in 1175. Also part of the cathedral was used in the Harry Potter movies!

The Jane Austen centre 

Statue from the Roman baths

A fine day!

Yesterday was a very fine day, so we decided to find Gog and Magog(which is rather hard). We went through meadows, jumped over stiles, and risked our lives trying not to be chased by angry sheep, until we finally stumbled upon the great and wondrous oak trees(2 thousand years old). Later we went to the Tor and Glastonbury Abbey.

One of the sheep fields to Gog and Magog. 

Glastonbury abbey ruins.