On Wednesday morning, we got to spend time with Ed and Shannon and they showed us around Soignies (pronounced Swan-ee), Mons and on the base that Ed is on. That was a lot of fun. We took a couple pictures of the tree house that Ed has built in their backyard. Then we caught a train to London, picked up the rental car and it took us about 2 hours to drive to the London Temple. We picked up the car in downtown London at around 6 pm and hit the rush hour traffic……
Thursday morning, we completed a session in the Temple and then drove over to Canterbury. Just before entering the Cathedral, Jess got her first taste of English fish and chips! She loved it! The pictures below are of this part of the trip. Enjoy.
After Canterbury, we drove over to Dover and walked on top of the Cliffs and then went into the Dover Castle. That was pretty cool. Grandpa Storer told us about some secret war tunnels, so we took that tour, but we couldn’t take pictures, so the only shot is outside the tunnels by the sign and by a WWII gun. During this first full day in England, Jess had a bunch of firsts:
· First authentic fish and chips
· First Cathedral
· First Castle
· First Pub meal…….Yep we hit the pub for dinner on the way back to the Temple. IT WAS GOOD!
Friday morning, we got up and caught a train into London. It was raining in the morning, but by the time we got to London, and purchased umbrellas, it had stopped……of course! First stop was the London Eye, which is over the Thames River. Then on to Big Ben & Parliament, Westminster Abby, Westminster Cathedral, Buckingham Palace (where we had just missed the changing of the guards), over to Trafalgar Square, a bus ride (double decker) down to the Tower of London and the Tower Bridge. Then back to the train station to pick up the car and drive to Amesbury for the night…… Tomorrow is Stonehenge and Warwick Castle. Firsts today:
· Jess saw her first Catholic Mass while at Westminster Cathedral
· Jess’ first double decker bus ride
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