'Honeymoon' number two

Soon after getting married in August, my mom felt I should experience England before deciding to make it my new home. So off Andre and I went for a week in the UK. Some very generous friends offered to share their home with us. Andre did his best to show off this country he likes so much. He started with London where I think we spent two whole days walking. I don't mind walking and enjoyed seeing so much of the city. I saw some interesting (read weird or strange) people including a rather rude English lady on my first train ride. Andre assured me English people aren't all like this but I soon decided the city is not for me. I did enjoy the shops and walking around. I guess it could be nice for maybe a once a month or so outing.

My impression of England changed for the better when Andre rented a car for us and drove me to Bath. Wow! What a beautiful place. You should definitely go there if you haven't been yet. I loved it! Such an old little town. I don't know how to describe it and the pictures don't really show just how beautiful it is either. Here are some pictures of Bath anyway. Oh we had such a great time there!

There were some other things I liked about England too:

1. To Andre's surprise, I really quite liked the pubs and the food they served. Although this was only for holiday eating. If I were to live there I could not eat like that on a regular basis.
   
2. I like that when it's cold outside it's nice and warm inside. We don't have that luxury in Africa. You just wear your down jacket inside too if you're cold.
3. I liked watching those men dressed in red in front of... um, hold on I need to check with Andre what it was called. Oh yes, Buckingham Palace, that's where they were. They stood so still. I was wondering, you know when you have to stand in one spot how sore your feet get? Do they also feel that? The one guy started marching up and down, up and down and carried on until Andre said we really can't watch any longer, we need to go. Perhaps that guy had that problem. It's like your feet get all burny from standing in one spot. And I was wondering, do they get to listen to their iPod? Or what do they think about all day standing there? Anyway.
4. Then the best thing about England is the friends we have there. On our way to Bath we went to visit one such friend. Here she is. We had another great pub lunch.

I had a great holiday. Andre also showed me where he used to live and that looked much better. A really nice little town quite a bit out of London. I could live there, as long as I don't have to go in to the city too often.