Started off Thursday really well by going round to one of my classmates' houses for coffee. She's a bit younger than me but her parents know Heather so she set it up. It was really fun and the girl seemed really sweet and gave me some pretty good advice! Then we went to Blenheim Palace with one of the neighborhood boys. Blenheim Palace is where Winston Churchill was born and its his family's palace, his uncle was the duke there. The palace is also the palace in the new movie version of Gulliver's Travels. It has really really beautiful gardens and lots of good history! I had a great time there! The next morning we left for Wales! We stayed with Heather's friends who were very nice and welcoming towards me. Their house was abolutely gorgeous!! I was in Cardiff which is a beautiful city right by the sea! Today I went to see the ocean! It was sooo lovely! I completely loved it! We also went to a place sort of like Living History Farms for my Iowa readers. Its kind of like a look into the past. It was really great and went all through Welsh history. It featured a traditional Welsh manor house during the Elizabethan era. I really enjoyed it! We saw all the traditional "Cardiff sights" which was nice (: after the three hour drive back to Oxford I'd say all in all it was a pretty good bank holiday weekend! Now its late though! Soooo more some other time!
Emma xx
I'm enjoying traveling vicariously through your posts. You are so blessed to have this opportunity but I'm sure you know that. ♥ Pam
ReplyDeleteOk, now you've already been to three major places I didn't get to: Oxford,
ReplyDeleteCardiff, Blenheim. Not to mention Headington and Barton. And you've only been there 7 days! K