Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Saturday, November 26, 2011

English food is yucky!


For the most part, English food is pretty yucky. It is really hard to find places to eat around here. For breakfast we stopped at a fast food place but everything was bagged and prepared previously. They would heat it in the microwave for you. So we went to a gas station. We looked for a bit and I finally decided on these oatmeal looking things. It tasted like sweet shortening with oats in it. Good thing I bought some milk to wash it down. Aaron opted to have a turkey sandwich from the day before for his breakfast.

This was my lunch. It was a flaky pastry with with this sauce that had some cheese and onion in it. It was ok. Harmony and Aaron got this flaky pastry that had a sausage in it. Only the sausage was not the kind of sausage we were thinking of. It was mushy and mild flavored. Tasted like vienna sausage. All in all, not too nutritious and not very good. Oh well, the scenery makes up for it!

Stonehenge




Newly restored Avebury Manor

We just happened to stop at a site that had just been restored. In fact, BBC aired a show about it the night before we got there.(http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b017m17p/The_Manor_Reborn_Episode_1/)
There are 3 more episodes to go. Wish we wouldn't have been in such a hurry. This site is different because they allow you to touch and try everything. I picked up an old phone and heard someone talking, turned on the old phonograph and played an old record, and sat on the chaise lounge. After watching the program, I realize that I could have sat on a bouncing chair, sat on the toilet where a King sat, and laid on a bed for a Queen. Jolly good time, I should say!

Avebury Manor - Wiltshire, England











By Avebury Manor

Fashion Museum in Bath, England








Ancient Tombs in England


...in the middle of a sheep field