As I stated, Lydia (my roommate) and I went to Nottingham, England. She has an old friend here that we were able to stay with. Her name is Miriam and she's done missions work in Africa for over 30 years. She was adorable, and very hospitable.
Our first night here we sat around and Lydia and Miriam caught up, along with playing a competitive game of Phase 10. On Saturday, we went to the Chatsworth house which is about an hour drive from here. We had a picnic lunch and the went for a walk around the grounds. The movie Pride and prejudice was partially filmed inside the house, I got my picture taken next to the "Mr. Darcy" statue. Also, the new movie The Duchess, was filmed there and inspired by one of the Duchesses of Devonshire, who used to live there. It was a beautiful house, ith a beautiful garden, I'm really glad we went there.
ps..if you click on the picture it will get big enough to actually see...
On Sunday, we went to Miriam's church, and then to a friends for lunch. After we went to a park and walked around and saw another really big, really beautiful, really old house. This house however, wasn't as beautiful on the inside, because it was a taxidermy gallery. After the walk, we came back to the house, and i headed upstairs for bed. I haven't been sleeping terribly well so it was nice to have an evening to talk to people back home, relax, and head to bed early. Monday we took an early train into a town called Lincoln. Lincoln was an old English, Cobblestone road type of town. We went to a castle, and visited a beautiful cathedral, along with a few local shops. We went and had a cute afternoon tea, and stopped at a bookstore, where i browsed leisurely for probably an hour. After returning back to Nottingham, we went out for dinner with miriam, and then came back and watched some TV. Today we've just been relaxing, and packing up. Tonight and tomorrow i have an Art research paper to write, due thursday morning, along with a team field trip to Belfast to the opera house...so hopefully that gets done without too much stress.
Hope all is well with all of you. Until next time....-AndraBeth
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