Highlights of Our Trip to the Countryside

                                          Devizes

                                        Devizes' cobblestone streets

                                          The walk to the town

                                          Hiking in Wales

                         Walking through the cow and sheep pastures

                                     

                                          Chester

                                          Chester Cathedral

                                         

                                          Race track

We're back from the countryside! And, although I am happy to be back in London, it was so much fun visiting picturesque villages and running around our cousins' farm. Our trip lasted six days (Tuesday to Monday) with the first two nights in Wiltshire with Dad's grandmother, "GG," and four nights in Shropshire with dad's cousins Susan and Robert (who we are renting the house from) and their seven year old son, David. 

Highlights:

• Hiking in Wales- the first half of the hike was similar to a hike in Washington: a river, ferns, lots of green... But the route also took us straight through pastures of cows and sheep! 

• Spending time with GG and visiting Devizes- we had a lot of fun playing games like Scrabble and Rummikub with GG, along with visiting Devizes (the city center is only about a fifteen minute walk from GG's house). The town along the canal is exactly what you picture an English village to look like, complete with a charming hat shop and plenty of cobblestone streets.

• Visiting Chester- one day we drove to the Roman city of Chester. We walked along the ancient city wall, seeing ruins of castles and a modern-day horse race!

• Just hanging out at the house with our cousins- it was so much fun to cozy up with a good book, to pick fruit and veg from the garden to make dinner with, to have a major dance competition on Wii... it was so relaxing, and a wonderful trip!