On Friday, we,
hopped on a train, realized it was raining, got too stubborn to take a taxi and walked to Arundel Castle, in that process got soaked, warmed up at the castle with a good cup of soup and the fluffiest blueberry scone EVER, dried off by the fire, toured the Keep and got wet again, chatted with one of the guides who told us a story about Al Capone (don't ask me why, they just love to tell stories), marveled at the library (I wish I had one just like it), toured the gardens, got wet again, broke Laura's umbrella, met the gardener, got a private tour of the kitchen garden (we got to taste the world's best cherry tomato. Don't you just love it when the sign says, don't pick, and the person you are with gives you permission to do so), saw the biggest apples on earth, got wet again, found Arundel Cathedral, got wet again, found our hotel and tried to dry off for the rest of the evening. My shoes are still wet.
On Saturday, we,
had a good English breakfast (sausage, bacon, hash browns, beans, eggs, baked tomato, and sauteed mushrooms), hopped on a train to Portsmouth, saw the HMS Victory, hit our heads on the HMS Victory (it was built for short people), saw the Naval Museum, saw the Mary Rose Museum (yeah, we were about sick of ships by the end), saw the HMS Warrior, got lost on the HMS Warrior, went shopping to buy Laura a new umbrella and hopped on a train home.
Nelson never would have got himself shot if he didn't wear such ostentatious stuff and stood on the middle of the deck. Just saying.
Our class schedules got figured out. Now I have a whole book to read by Tuesday. (This whole saga requires its own post).
Cheers!
--Mary
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4 comments:
Sounds like a lot of fun!
YAY!! A COMMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks miss rose :P
Sounds like the tournament I was at in September... The first morning it was raining on and off. (It was a Friday too...)
Nelson had to take those risks for the morale of his men. If he hadn't...
You hit your head? Would I have to crawl through it? :D
Eric, yes. just about. People were just really short back then.
hmm...England actually being conquered by the french...t'would be an interesting sight. (not that is hasn't happened before...although no true Englishman will admit it)
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