Where do we even begin? It has truly been a wonderful trip and an amazing experience. Here are some photos from Durham. Last night after arriving back to London, we decided to take it easy. Both of us were exhausted from all the travel so we got cleaned up and enjoyed doing nothing for the rest of the night. We were in bed early and slept in this morning. Hopefully it won’t be too difficult to adjust back to Central Standard Time. After breakfast, we decided to take a walk to a local park and people-watched from a park bench. It was still amazing to both of us the amount of diversity we saw.
The transfer service picked us up around 11:30 and we took off for the airport. I’ve never seen Sara so annoyed/frustrated/maybe even pissed than during the hour-long trip to the airport. Two couples got on the transfer shortly after us and there was not a silent second the rest of the trip. One of the girls, according to Sara, “Had the loudest, most annoying voice ever.” Now most of you know that Sara does not get annoyed very easily, but the look on her face said it all when she asked if I had any ibuprofen in my bag. What probably didn’t help was they were speaking in a different language and part of the jibberish was being shouted into a cell phone.
We finally made it to the airport and didn’t have any problems from there. Security stopped Sara because obviously she looks suspicious. We boarded and prayed the wiper motor was functioning. The flight got in the air about 40 minutes behind schedule but we were told it would only affect our arrival time by about 5 minutes. Now as we sit here in flight I figured I would try to be creative and make a top ten list from our trip. Here goes:
Top 10 Experiences from Abroad
10. Air transportation is wonderful when you leave the ground. Packing an extra pair of clothes in your carry on is a better idea than previously thought
9. The French are a$$holes! Ok, not really, but they drive on the right side of the road and like their wine (so did we).
8. Look right, left, then right again before crossing the road.
7. The English can’t make up their mind whether to use the metric or standard system.
6. “Cheers” is appropriate to say to anyone, anywhere, anytime.
5. Sandwiches are not finger-food in England and the English eat like champs.
4. 19 degrees Centigrade is not “summer” weather.
3. English cider makes your head pound the next day.
2. The Queen’s jewelry box is larger than our apartment.
1. Traditional English weddings are extravagant and beautiful.
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