Durham

HAPPY FRIDAY. We made it to the day of the wedding which should be a great time. Yesterday we made the trek from London to Durham and found our way to the castle. The town of Durham is beautiful. As we were walking around the university, we ran into Zoe's mum, dad, and brother and had a quick lunch with them. As we were sitting in the pub, Zoe walked by so they flagged her down and she joined us as well.

After lunch was rehearsal followed by some beers at a pub downtown. In England it's not customary to have a rehearsal dinner, but they still had one for those from the states that traveled and close family. The food was great and it was fun to mingle with all the English folk. Following rehearsal dinner, we walked downtown to a different pub where we had a room to ourselves to sit and relax. The beer over here is quite a bit stronger than what we're used to in the states so it didn't take long until we were feeling the effects. We decided to call it a night and walked Zoe back to the castle. By the way, our room is really cool. We're on the top floor of the arch entry-way into the castle. Other than the two twin beds, it's perfect.

This morning, Sara got up and went to breakfast with Zoe and is now with her to get her hair and make-up done. I was able to go for about a 40 minute run along the river path. It was very pretty and much needed after all the food we've been eating. I decided to get cleaned up and went to the university's library to check email and fill everyone in with a blog.

It's hard to believe our trip is almost over. I'll be sure to post more pictures tomorrow on our train ride back to London.