Bath, England & Thanksgiving

I'm getting lazier and lazier with blogging. No pictures, again. They'll be on my facebook at some point so you can look at them then. If you can't access my facebook, let me know and I'll send you pictures.

Bath
So we went to Bath this past Saturday. It was a relatively short trip. First Sandy and Denise took us to Sally Luns Buns, which is a tea shop in which you are served giant buns with jam and clotted cream. Kind of like a huge scone, but the consistency is a little different.

We saw the Roman Baths, of course, but I didn't know much about them because I missed the BCA class that week since I was in Ireland. Then we split off into smaller groups and did whatever we wanted. My group went to the Jane Austen center - well, centre - and took the tour there. Then we swung by where she used to live, which was just down the street. We wouldn't have known about it if the tour guide hadn't told us, since it is unmarked and is now a dentist's office.

Then we went by the Fashion Museum. But since I don't care about Princess Di's dresses, I skipped it and peeked into some shops for forty-five minutes, including a really awesome book store. Then we did some shopping. I got a few gifts for people.

We stumbled upon some really interested shops. In a store called "Mee" I saw the most amazing leather jacket I've ever seen. After inspecting the price tag (945 pounds) I decided I probably couldn't afford it. I also saw a store called Iksentrik and another one which was artsy and awesome.

Thanksgiving
The English don't celebrate Thanksgiving, so Sandy and Denise took the BCA students to a restaurant where we were served a Thanksgiving meal. So yesterday a bunch of us got together to color pieces of paper by drawing hand-turkeys (remember those from elementary school?) and just kind of chill out.

Then we all we to this restaurant (called a carvery) and we got our drinks and meal paid for by the BCA program. We got free drinks (I got apple and mango juice) and free buffett-style meal: ham, turkey, roast beef, yorkshire pudding (an English flaky roll), mashed potatoes, roast potatoes, cooked carrots, cooked onions, cheesy cauliflower, cranberry sauce, lots of different kinds of gravy, some kind of yam/squash, and a sundae for dessert.

I also got my passport back. There was actually a huge thing where they said that mailed it and they lied and then Sandy called them and the manager saw the envelope laying around so he immediately mailed it one-day post (which cost 20 euro, the equivalent of 26 American dollars) and didn't charge me since it would've cost like five euro otherwise. So I got it back, and it's alright. I'm an idiot, but I'll never be careless with my passport again.

Anyway. Thanksgiving was really fun, and the food was wonderful, and I loved celebrating Thanksgiving in a new way with my new friends in a new country. But I couldn't help but think of my family yelling- I mean, talking - and eating a ton and being together and being happy. I'm absolutely excited to come back for Christmas. Yay Christmas! (It hasn't snowed here yet, by the way.)


Michelle and I leave for Spain tomorrow, and we return on Monday. That may be my last trip outside of England for the semester. We'll see.