So I'm writing this post from a different house, different town, and a different country than usual! That's right!! Where am I you might ask?? I'm sitting in a house in the charming little village of Trotticliff, West Malling, Kent in Merry Old England!! I was invited here for the holidays by my borther-in-law's family, and so far I'm having the best time ever!!
I took the Eurostar on Wednesday to get here, but even trying to catch that train was an experience, due to the MASSIVE train strike in Belgium! HUGE thanks to my host dad for driving me through crazy traffic to Brussels so that I made my train on time! But once I got on the train, it only took two hours to get to England!! (they built a train tunnel UNDER the English Channel! Good thing I'm not claustrophobic!) My bro-in-law's aunt, Sally, met me at the station :) It was so wonderful to see her again! She hugged me harder than I've had in months!! I felt right away like I was with family!
She drove me back to her place, where I was greeted by the rest of her family: her husband, Stephen, her son, Johnny, and Tansy, who is one of her daughters :) The other daughter, Holly, got home yesterday :) They are such a funny and warm family, and I'm so happy to be with them for Christmas!
They are also really great about showing me around! Sally has been taking me around the countryside and has explained all sorts of interesting things about it! She even showed me the road that the pilgrims traveled down in Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales"! How awesome is that?!?!
Yesterday Johnny took me for a tour around London! I SAW EVERYTHING! Buckingham Palace (the Queen was home!), Tower Bridge and the Tower of London, Westminster Abbey, Camden (a very cool marketplace), Trafalgar Square, and so much more that I should stop now before I write another 2 pages :P!! Don't worry, a video is coming!
Whew! That's all for now! I'm actually surprised I wrote this much after playing hardcore rounds of DANCE CENTRAL on the Kinect with Johnny and Holly :P haha I can't wait to see what the adults look like playing that after drinking mulled wine of Christmas day!!
Much love and Happy Holidays!!!
Devyn
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