A Stroll Through Bury

So far today we have taken two walks. The first walk was to the Abbey in the rain. Walking on the streets here is a bit confusing because I don't know which way to watch for cars. The sidewalks are also a tad bit uneven (what old old sidewalks aren't) which made my choice of shoes not wise. The Abbey was a pretty place and made the uncomfortable confusing walk worthwhile. It was interesting to be able to see very old craftsmanship. In the states we don't have buildings and history that go nearly that far back. I will post pictures later.

After taking Bailey back to the house, we went back out to a place called Harriet's. We had proper English tea which I must say was very tasty. I am now on the look out for a nice teapot and tea accessories. I will need to have a tea party soon. What better way to break in my fine china. We also enjoyed tuna sandwiches, cucumber sandwiches, scones with clotted cream and jam (YUM), and cake. All of our goodies were brought out on a pretty three tiered stand. I felt like I should be wearing a fine dress and heels instead of my ugly sweater and tennis shoes (learned my lesson and changed shoes after the first walk, who cares if they picked me out as an American, at least my feet didn't hurt).

After Harriet's, it luckily stopped raining and we traveled down the street to locate a teapot for me to buy, but turns out not many stores are open on Sunday or open late. My teapot will have to wait for another day. I did see two scrapbook stores that will have to be revisited when open.

We are now at April's house and she is planning out our trip to Germany tomorrow. So far our plans include...

• traveling to the city that my great grandfather was born in
• going to a German history musuem
• going to a castle
• seeing were Hitler had his big rallies
• and maybe going to a concentration camp

I not necessarily excited to see the two last ones, but I think it will be interesting to see sites that impacted world history so sharply.

So that's the day so far. Next will be out for fish and chips. Yummy. I don't think they'll compare to Phil's but I'm up for trying them. Then we'll pack our bags for Germany. I think we have to leave by 4:30 in the morning. Talk about messing with my body clock! Oh well, it's worth it.