hey everyone,
it's my second day in charlbury, and i already love it here (despite being ridiculously tired). i'll give you a run-through of the last few days.
yesterday we got into heathrow at around 10am here, then changed terminals to meet the rest of our group and then bussed to charlbury, all of us sleeping on the way. we went to the baptist church in charlbury which is very small but very cute, where they fed us lunch. we then went on a short walking tour through bits of the town which is ridiculous (and by ridiculous i mean old and amazing). after this walk we had met with our hosts at the church and had tea with them. my host is an older woman named lee who is very fashionable and also very sweet. her house is amazing, and my room is twice the size of my room at home, which i very much appreciate. i'll post pictures soon. i fell asleep after lee made me dinner around 830 and slept until 830 this morning. we went to the church of st. mary this morning and then the baptist church made us a delicious lunch. i just got back from an incredibly long (but also incredible) walk through the countryside which took us through woods and over fields, but mostly in mud. it has been overcast and it was misty rain for a while today but hasn't poured yet, which is promising, but i'm not hoping for much. tonight we have dinner at madeleine's, our program coordinator, and then afterwards we can do what we want, which probably means bed for me.
so far everyone has been amazing. the program directors, church people and passers-by in charlbury are all so friendly and nice, and (as we seem to stick out like sore thumbs in a town of 3000) all welcome us. tommorow we go to oxford and get a tour, meet some important people, and tommorow night we are off to stratford-upon-avon to see richard ii. which is pretty exciting. some things have been frustrating, though. my voltage adaptor/convertor doesn't work, so i am using my host's computer until madeleine can sort me out a new one. that also means i can't use my battery charger, hair dryer or straightener until then. oh well. there is no wireless in the house i'm staying in so internet won't be that easy. but anyways, a bunch of people just came to visit me so i must go!
love you all.
4 comments:
oh man it sounds wonderful!!! one day i will experience england too and see what you mean about it's amazingness.... and don't worry about the hair stuff, your hair always looks amazing regardless. you'll be fine. :) can't wait for photos!
Sounds amazing already Laur! I was just visiting Britt and she asked about your journey so far....lots of people are praying for you! have fun! and i can't wait to see pictures
i looked up where you are on satellite google maps!
i miss you sis...
http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=charlbury,+england&ie=UTF8&ll=51.872782,-1.481953&spn=0.00889,0.019913&t=h&z=16&om=0
hello laura my dear.
i miss you quite terribly,
i must admit.
i have no one to tell me
my outfit could be nicer,
or my hair needs to be fixed..
or that i have too much bronzer on,
etc. etc. etc.
hope you find an adaptor for the flat iron.. i know you need it.
haha, jokes. your hair is beautiful curly,
you should work it. :)
alright m'dear, i hope to hear from you soon. and how's the search for my british boy coming along? :)
love you!!
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