Victoria and I on a double decker bus tour around Oxford. Don't worry, we rode the bus around the entire city...twice. We love tours.
On Saturday we headed over to Chatsworth. First we had to get past the sheep...
And then it was on to the beautiful house! This is where the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire live. Remember the last scene in the American Pride & Prejudice, in the big field?? That was filmed here. It was SO pretty inside! (And outside too, obviously!)
Every ceiling in the house was painted. It was incredible!
Just flashing the "I love you" sign in ASL. Because I do. (love you, that is.)
We took a LOT of self-portraits.
The surrounding area around the house was beautiful. It looked like a painting!!
On Sunday we headed into Birmingham after church. Did you know that Birmingham is the second largest city in England (after London) and that it has more canals than Venice?? Other quick highlights from the weekend:
-- I had tea 4 times a day. Not exaggerating. It was brilliant!
-- I had tea 4 times a day. Not exaggerating. It was brilliant!
--Victoria has the NICEST family ever. I loved being around them and feeling so welcomed into their home. Victoria even gave up her bed for me, and it was so fluffy and comfortable!
--They also let me do my laundry at their house. And instead of drying the clothes in the dryer, they hung them on the clothesline outside! Isn't that cool? The only thing is, I had to hang up all of my "pants" (aka underwear) right there on the clothesline, and it was slightly embarrassing. Actually, I couldn't even do it myself because I was giggling so hard...Victoria had to come over and do it for me. The sight of all my underwear just hanging there for the world to see was so comical to me! (Sorry if this is awkward for my 3 male readers...at least I am not posting the pictures!! ha!)
-- I had crumpets for breakfast this morning. Does it get any better??
6 comments:
Wow, I'm glad that you had such a great time! I want to see the rest of the pictures eventually :)
I hope you reenacted the last scene from Pride and Prejudice while at the house:)
Maybe you and Cadbury can hang out in London too. I thought maybe she'd be working in Scotland and Wales now, but good she's still closeby.
ps that was me that accidentally deleted my post, opps!
JEALOUS!!!!!
... did you see Mr. Darcy?
It does NOT get any better! Loved your weekend and the pictures were so pretty. You look fantastic like you ARE British:)
chyea...awkward.
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