We’ve been gone a while. As a summary, I present a brief review, by-the-numbers:
- Days in the UK: 28, as of Friday.
- Nights spent sleeping in Jessica’s flat: 18
- Touristy places we visited: 3 castles, 2 cathedrals, 4 abbeys, 2 chapels, 4 palaces, 2 ships, 2 theaters, 1 Neolithic stone circle, 3 modern wonders, lots and lots of museums.
- Cute towns where we may have eaten scones with clotted cream: 7
- New Thrussells we met: 2
- Times we cooked dinner in Jessica’s flat: 3
- Times Jasper cooked dinner in his flat: 2
- Times ordered out for food, or ran out to grab it and bring it back: 4
- By subtraction, dinners eaten in restaurants: 3 French, 1 Italian, 2 Japanese, 1 Greek, 12 others.
- Twice I ate haloumi, twice fish ‘n chips, twice meat pies, once a pasty.
- Pubs frequented: 5
- Bagpipers heard in Scotland: Only 2, which was disappointing.
- Heilan Coos, seen up close: 5
- Times we were “diverted” because of traffic, closed freeways, or some other mystery: at least 3.
- Hours spent rerouting and waiting for traffic to clear: 5
- Sheep on green hillsides and in green fields: I firmly believe there are more sheep than people in Scotland. Lots in England, too.
- Foxes spied from a speeding car: 1
- Great, shaggy deer spied in the Highlands: 3
- Great, big cities walked: 2
- Train rides from Reading to elsewhere and back: 12
- Tube rides taken in London: lots.
- Tube rides taken by mistake and had to recover from: 0. Whew.
- Episodes of The Great British Bake-Off watched: 4.5
- Faces we’re eager to see this weekend: 9+
- Especially these:
Can’t wait to see your faces! :^*
Woo hoo!