We are finally in Cornwall after travelling a full 24 hours Wednesday/Thursday plus an additional 5 1/2 hours today. Wow! I've never had jet lag before but it basically feels the same as staying up all night dancing, except of course that you wake up somewhere that you purposely set out to be.
Least favorite part: Iceland. We were completely under-dressed, it was about 50 degrees, rainy, and very windy. The air smelled like rotten eggs due to volcanic off-gassing. The prices of everything were insanely high: think $22 usd for 2 small croissant sandwiches & 3 vitamin waters. Egads! The ONE redeeming thing about that brief excursion was an itty bitty cafe we stumbled into called C is for Cookie. AMAZING. And reasonably priced as it was half a mile up the hill from the tourist strip.
Biggest surprise: not liking Iceland.
Favorite part:
The English countryside really is as picturesque as it's shown on PBS! Except that there are far more residential zones dotted around in the rolling hills. I can't tell you how many little neighborhoods I saw in the center of big cow pastures--basically people were grazing dairy cows in their back yards.
I'm so excited to be here with my hubby & family! Rach & Jon's rehearsal dinner starts in about an hour & a half at this place called Masons Arms. Pat & I took a sneak preview for lunch & the place is so cool. The walls are the original stone & mortar with the stones having been polished & blackened from centuries of human friction. The ceilings are wood beams, oily & dark, and very low - Pat had to stoop through the doorway & could not stand straight up in the place.
I can't wait til the wedding tomorrow @ Advent Church! Many of Jon's relatives have been married there & the church itself is about 900 years old.
What an amazing place to see my little sister take her vows, and what a sweet hospitable family she is marrying into!
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