Work And Play The Time Away June 28, 2010
Posted by tiffany in : Bath , 1 comment so farThe time has seemed to fly by here in Bath. The other day we spent all day “working” (answering the phone/ looking after guests). You know, watching movies, eating Ice Cream, and playing cards with their youngest daughter. Claudia, their youngest, is such a joy to play cards with since whenever she is bluffing or cheating she bursts into uncontrollable laughter(which is contagious by the way). We have learned some new card games such as 3 Card Brag. Who would have known work could be this not workie.
One of their cats, Pepper, is expecting and is very round and whiny (maybe she’ll produce little Peppers before we leave). Also, the cat that was hit by the car is doing much better and is constantly meowing for attention.
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We accompanied the family to Oxford, where their oldest daughter attended college. They went there for her graduation; we tagged along to see the really old city. It was quite interesting considering that a lot of the buildings look like churches, but they are actually all schools. It looks as though academics has taken over this Georgian city! We wandered around and found a nice grassy area in the gardens of Christ Church.
The church actually looks more like a college than most of the colleges do. It is really old and very well kept. This church is famous for having employed both the author of Alice In Wonderland, Charles Dodgson, and Alice Lyndell’s father (although it is a bit ironic that a famous Pedophile would be employed by a church and they would advertise it with a sign in their garden).
We’ve had a great time in Bath with our host family and have learned many things “British”. Unfortunately we’re moving on to the Netherlands on Wednesday where we’ll stay with Minas, a friend of Chris’ father after making a stop in Amsterdam. We’re going to miss our new friends, but moving on is good since it means new places and new people! Exciting!
Street Festival In Bath June 14, 2010
Posted by tiffany in : Bath , add a commentSo on Sunday we went to a small street festival about five blocks from Bloomfield House. It was great for people watching and there were many things that were pretty odd. This festival is brought on by a production company, so it has a different theme each year.
Actors move among the crowd in costume (this year the theme was pirates) and interact with random people. There were many live bands and even a band in pirate costumes! It was pretty cheesy actually. They probably went down to a costume shoppe and bought the cheapest disguise they could find that might resemble a pirate (five points for making me smile).
Then there were the grannies that were doing some sort of dance with funny costumes and what looked like half a Hoola-Hoop. They, of course, had their own band in pirate costumes.
On a sad side note: there have been some kitty-casualties at Bloomfield House. Last week two of their cat were run over. One, named Tickley survived with just a broken Femur. Tickley came home on Saturday, so we’ve been paying extra attention to him since he has to stay in a cage for the next 3 months and he gets pretty vocal about his loneliness. He’s on a lot of pain killers so when we take him out of the cage he immediately wants to cuddle. He is so adorable.
Day Trip To Wells June 6, 2010
Posted by tiffany in : Bath , add a commentYesterday we went with our host, Rob, to Wells, a town south of Bath. We also accompanied him to some reclamation stores in that area. We also drove through Glastonbury which is an interesting town to say the least.
Well’s cathedral was lovely. There’s a cathedral that is the biggest one I have ever seen! You could probably fit Notre Dom in the entrance hall. Next to the cathedral there is the Bishop’s Palace. It was beautiful but it makes me wonder why the Bishop would need a mote and huge walls with slits in them for firing a weapon. Inside the Palace walls there is a green space that two men were playing Crochet.
We tried Tiffin yesterday for the first time (I don’t remember ever having it before). It was delicious! We bought it right outside the Cathedral where there were many stalls selling locally made goods.
Rob was looking for six somethings that are interesting to make the legs to the island unit that is going into their kitchen, so we all basically went through tons of reclaimed items, imagining what they could become. At one reclamation shop there was an old CCCP (Soviet) Army tank that we had to take pictures with using chris’ phone (we’d forgotten our cameras ). There were also many other decommissioned Army effects such as the shells of missiles and funny little armored cars. A different place had nearly enough parts of different churches to make a whole new one. Pews and all. It was very interesting to see!
Driving through Glastonbury is a lot funner than most places. The residents there have used the fact that their town is thought to have once been Avalon, home of King Author, so they dress the part and set up shops with funny names (such as Lancelot’s Windows and Doors). They dress like they were extras in the Harry Potter movies with the cone-shaped hats with stars on them and robes. They have really found their niche!
