we've just walked in the door--we both have tea, and are ready for bed! it's been an exhausting but fun weekend. we left early friday and drove up to southport to see friends of R's. saturday we drove south to liverpool to see R's grandad, mom, sister and various relatives. sunday we drove east to bradford to see more friends and family, which rolled into monday and this a.m., and now i'm finally without the responsibility of the rental car. i think we logged somewhere around 600 miles. not too crazy, for 4 days.
driving in the UK isn't that difficult--you just need to get used to driving on the wrong side of the road, roundabouts, narrow lanes, the crazy road signs, etc. when we got to enterprise on friday, we found we'd been upgraded to a chevy captiva--nothing like a nice american-style SUV to ease me into the british roads. have i mentioned R doesn't have his license? i'm allowed to drive on my american one for a year--in that time i need to somehow get my british license. probably do that in the new year.
we didn't get lost or have any strange mishaps until we were almost home--which happened to be rush hour in london. we missed a turn off the M25 (aka the orbital--it circles london) and added a good hour to our journey--but we found our way in the end.
i'll post more and add pics in a bit--right now i need a nap. and a fresh cup of tea.
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Jiggity Jig.
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