Saturday

The invitations arrived to England this morning! It was so amazing, we sent them early last week & I received Ann's from the postman today through the window! Talk about a sense of accomplishment.

So today John, David and I explored the town of Fleet, which is a cute little village in the country with some small shops. It was a bunch of fun to see how the people of the town live - there are no WalMarts or Timmies! just more independent shops - and there was a super cute marketplace all set up with fresh fruits & veggies. We didn't get any, though, because we saw a pub (well we saw a bunch but this one was calling us) called Prince Arthur, so we went there for some deliciousss veggie burgers & a pint of Guiness (which is included as a drink, like in Canada you get meal+softdrink.. well it's softdrink OR a pint!), which was fun & then we took an hours' walk home along the canal. It was beautiful and we met a man named Ruce, who was 84 and fought in WWII which is interesting because we're going to Juno Beach on Monday & visiting some other sites from WWI & II over the next week. We came back to the Meade House & then left to pay respects to Colin MacPherson, John's late grandfather, and visited the church where Rory & Carol were married at, which is at the same site. It was beautiful. Ann took us into the woods in the back, which were in the middle of a field of sheep, and inside was just FILLED with English Bluebells.. I wanted to take a picture, but I didn't think it would do the scene justice, so I left it for my memory. Basically it was just bluebells until you couldn't see anything but bluebells, and the smell was definitely the one that inspired fresh laundry detergent, just a strong and amazing perfume. Hopefully we'll be going back there tomorrow after the church service.

This trip has been great so far. I love England, and the people I'm with.