Today Tiffany and I had a free day to do whatever we wanted. We woke up around 9 am and Rita made us a traditional English Breakfast. I am very skeptical of this because its a lot of 'real food' early in the morning. Reminds me of eating last night's leftovers for breakfast (cough, Parid)...yuck. We went into Woking, the town we were staying in and went to the shops. There are two presincts/malls in the town and lots of places to eat and cafes. Fashion is a lot more out there with bright colors than it is in the US, so don't make fun of me when I get back and wear bright yellow tights or something :) . Most clothes look like they cost the same here but in fact they are double. So if a shirt costs £12 = $24.
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After we explored the malls and T.K. Maxx (the exact same thing as T.J. Maxx) we went to the Woking Market, which had fruits and vegetables, as well as knick knack items. We went in search of the town museum but couldn't find it so we went to The Lightbox Gallery. They had two free exhibits. One was the history of Woking and about the train line that is used primarily for commuters headed to London for work. The other was about the human face. It had a few paintings and sculptures. We also saw a statue devoted to 'War of the Worlds' by H.G. Wells. It is of the alien creature in the book. Instead of going to Guildford to look at more shops we went back to relax in the Richings beautiful garden. Tiffany wrote postcards and I helped Kieran with his Math homework. This took FOREVER because he gets distracted so easily, but I know the Richings appreciated the break.
At 630 we met friends of the Richings to go to the Quiz Night at the equivalent of a VFW Hall. Pamela and Charlie are amazing! They are fiesty and brought the whole group together and laughing. It was £6 for the quiz and Fish 'N Chip dinner. Michael introduced us to a bitter shandy, which is 3/4 lemonade (like Sprite) and 1/4 bitters. You can also get a lager shandy which has lager instead of bitters. The quiz was hard and even though there was a question about America I couldn't answer it. The tallest mountain in North America is Mt. McKinley and is named for President McKinley in case you were curious. The dinner was delicious and the night was an all around great time. They felt bad because we hung out with 'old fogeys' all night, but I had a lot of fun. When we returned the 4 German students arrived but we were so tired we went right to bed.
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After we explored the malls and T.K. Maxx (the exact same thing as T.J. Maxx) we went to the Woking Market, which had fruits and vegetables, as well as knick knack items. We went in search of the town museum but couldn't find it so we went to The Lightbox Gallery. They had two free exhibits. One was the history of Woking and about the train line that is used primarily for commuters headed to London for work. The other was about the human face. It had a few paintings and sculptures. We also saw a statue devoted to 'War of the Worlds' by H.G. Wells. It is of the alien creature in the book. Instead of going to Guildford to look at more shops we went back to relax in the Richings beautiful garden. Tiffany wrote postcards and I helped Kieran with his Math homework. This took FOREVER because he gets distracted so easily, but I know the Richings appreciated the break.At 630 we met friends of the Richings to go to the Quiz Night at the equivalent of a VFW Hall. Pamela and Charlie are amazing! They are fiesty and brought the whole group together and laughing. It was £6 for the quiz and Fish 'N Chip dinner. Michael introduced us to a bitter shandy, which is 3/4 lemonade (like Sprite) and 1/4 bitters. You can also get a lager shandy which has lager instead of bitters. The quiz was hard and even though there was a question about America I couldn't answer it. The tallest mountain in North America is Mt. McKinley and is named for President McKinley in case you were curious. The dinner was delicious and the night was an all around great time. They felt bad because we hung out with 'old fogeys' all night, but I had a lot of fun. When we returned the 4 German students arrived but we were so tired we went right to bed.
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