South East England

We saw another castle today from the Norman Invaders of 1100. It was then given over to King James around 1600's and it was all redone. I think all the girls would have fallen down the stairs in those dresses.

We arrived in Cheddar, like the cheese because this is where it came from. We tried several cheese and bread combos. It was really tasty. We wanted to bring some home but only hard cheese can travel and they were all really sharp. If we brought home soft cheese they said it would be green and mushy.

We arrived in Bath where we went to the roman ruins and saw the hot mineral baths. So much water runs through the ground you can fill a bathtub in 8 seconds. No one is allowed to touch the water today because of all the lead in the water. We then shopped in the plaza and once again ate scones with cream and jam. Yummy!

Next was Bristol where we spent the night. Kayla and I walked to the harbor and had seafood. It was not what we expected. The lobster was so small Kay finished it off in three bites. They dont give you a bowl for butter but dribble it on before they serve it. Needless to say we once again survived because of dessert. We viewed the Georgian period architecture and saw where they filmed sense and senseability/notting hill/emma.

We went to Wells this morning the site of yet another Abby that Henry VIII destroyed. There was an open air market and Kayla bought yarn. I guess she is now going to knit!!

Then off to Glouchester where we saw the burial site of King Arthur and Gwenaviere. Apparently they were dug up and moved up the hill to the St. Joseph cathedral where Jesus and his appostle Joseph worked. The Abby is ruin today because of Henry VIII.

We arrived in Plymouth. Very modern and concrete. It was completly destroyed in WWII by Hitler because it was the home to the royal navy. We traveled by ferry across the bay to dinner with the group. After dinner I noticed an earls house was next door and wish we had done that tour instead. Dinners are not very good, we are tired of eating mushy veggies usually filled with cabbage. Yorkshire pudding. Boiled potatoes. Pork. and warm water. If you dont drink beer, excuse me Ale or wine you have no other choices. We are already planning to find an Italian restaurant tomorrow night for pizza. We have not seen one Mexican restaurant. We have seen Indian food, an occasional chinese restaurant and sometimes a KFC, McD. or B. King but only bums eat there.

Tomorrow we are going to drive to the steps where the pilgrims left from and then to the farthest south west point of England called St. ives.