Hallo from Germany! Amy and I have completed our tour of England.

Here are some pictures from our trip over:

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We enjoyed the museums and buildings of London. Amy made friends with a Cantonese tourist at the British Library. We paid too much money for a Ferris wheel ride (but maybe the view was worth it!) My sore knees, back and hip taught me the value of packing light. In one of the British Museums Amy and I played Go and Mah-jong. I am horrible at mahjong; though it didn’t help that no one explained the rules to me until after the game… (Amy interjects:I didn’t know he had never played before!)

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On April 4 we spent an afternoon in Oxford. The walking tour there was very interesting and the guide was very scholarly. I had never realized how confusing the Oxford school system is. Amy and I never could figure out where they had classes. Though it would be a great to school to go to. Only 4000 Pounds and they have nice meals served to them in Hogwart-like-dining halls. One of the name cards sitting out in preparation for the students dinner was for Nancy Weatherspoon. Amy and I independently discovered this name card and photographed it. We like that name.

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Bath was nice and I got to stay in my first official hostel. Quite nice actually. We took a tour to Stonehenge in a purple bus. The hour drive was entertaining. There was a a white chalk horse carved into the side of a mountain, thatched roof houses, pig farms, and sheep. Amy really enjoyed the sheep. Stonehenge had a very informative audio tour. Amy thought Stonehenge was going to be bigger, and she even had to double check that the stones were in a circle after seeing a postcard. “I thought they were just a pile of rocks,” she said. Back in Bath we were looking forward to their free walking tour which Rick Steves recommended. We were sad when we discovered that there was no afternoon tour on Saturday. Instead we wondered around the city which was bustling because of a rugby match that evening. Later we struggled to figure out how to get a ride back into London for cheap, but eventually found a bus in which we sat behind two of the grumpiest old men I’ve ever encountered. (Amy Continues): there was lady who didn’t have enough money to pay for the full fare so the bus driver was trying to call the bus company to ask for permission to let her on for a lower fare, and almost immediately, these old men were shouting out in protest, “If she doesn’t have the correct fare, then don’t let her on! We’re ten minutes late, and why??” anyway, they kept mumbling for the entire time until the bus driver said “how would you feel if someone left your mother in the middle of nowhere???” to which, they responded, “SO?” Horrible!! Okay, the story can continue with more quotations, but you get the picture.

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Okay! This is Amy and Brian signing out from Hotel Jeddermann in Munich! More to come about our adventures soon!

Amy and Brian