(Written last night)Small white-washed buildings nestled between sparkeling granite ones lined the English coastline as we arrived in St. Ives this morning. It was a picture-postcard moment.
The long growing season allows blooming plants to out do themselves. Flowers of every color in the rainbow were draped from second-story window boxes with vines trailing over our heads. It was a visit to Fairyland!
The streets were lined with shopes of all kinds. I enjoyed purchasing small packable items for the grandkids.
The Brits are warm & friendly. While Howard was on the library internet (still trying to figure out our third week with RCI back in Indy), I ventured off and ended up in a cafe drinking an "Americana Coffee" (milder) and a raisin twist. The lady on the stool next to me and I started chatting. She was eager to tell how much she enjoyed Disney World back in Feb. She said they could not spend all the money they brought! Since the dollar is weak against the pound, we are having the opposite problem. When we spend five pound, we know ten dollars just flew out of our pockets.
Elvis is everywhere. If you enter a restaurant and he is not singing, just relax. He will be next! A bookstore in St. Ives had a book display in their window. As we passed, Elvis was smiling back at us from several jackets.
The weight problem does not seem to be limited to the U.S. It looks like they deal with the same issue. They have a good excuse however.....everywhere you go the aroma of freshly baked pastries, fish 'n chips and chocolate warf through the streets and alley ways. How could you live here and resist that???
We watch very little "telly". The BBC records a short amount of news and plays over and over (and over again!). We were informed last night that the U.S. real estate market is responsible for the dip in the English economy.
If you have plans to come here, bring your washcloth. There are none (that we know of) in all of England.
We heard a lot about the Muslim population over here before leaving the states. It is true. There are over thirteen hundred mosques in England with about 40 percent being the radical kind. We have not seen a one in this area; however, they were everywhere in London as well as in the north.
This is it for the 8th day. We are going to roam around Camborne again and then back to the Clowance Estates....pack and leave in the morning. I will probably not have access to a computer for a few more days.
Until then.....Cheers!
Martha & Howard
The long growing season allows blooming plants to out do themselves. Flowers of every color in the rainbow were draped from second-story window boxes with vines trailing over our heads. It was a visit to Fairyland!
The streets were lined with shopes of all kinds. I enjoyed purchasing small packable items for the grandkids.
The Brits are warm & friendly. While Howard was on the library internet (still trying to figure out our third week with RCI back in Indy), I ventured off and ended up in a cafe drinking an "Americana Coffee" (milder) and a raisin twist. The lady on the stool next to me and I started chatting. She was eager to tell how much she enjoyed Disney World back in Feb. She said they could not spend all the money they brought! Since the dollar is weak against the pound, we are having the opposite problem. When we spend five pound, we know ten dollars just flew out of our pockets.
Elvis is everywhere. If you enter a restaurant and he is not singing, just relax. He will be next! A bookstore in St. Ives had a book display in their window. As we passed, Elvis was smiling back at us from several jackets.
The weight problem does not seem to be limited to the U.S. It looks like they deal with the same issue. They have a good excuse however.....everywhere you go the aroma of freshly baked pastries, fish 'n chips and chocolate warf through the streets and alley ways. How could you live here and resist that???
We watch very little "telly". The BBC records a short amount of news and plays over and over (and over again!). We were informed last night that the U.S. real estate market is responsible for the dip in the English economy.
If you have plans to come here, bring your washcloth. There are none (that we know of) in all of England.
We heard a lot about the Muslim population over here before leaving the states. It is true. There are over thirteen hundred mosques in England with about 40 percent being the radical kind. We have not seen a one in this area; however, they were everywhere in London as well as in the north.
This is it for the 8th day. We are going to roam around Camborne again and then back to the Clowance Estates....pack and leave in the morning. I will probably not have access to a computer for a few more days.
Until then.....Cheers!
Martha & Howard
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