Around Town

This is Bristol Cathedral! We walked by it yesterday just walking around. It's so beautiful! And we think that this is where we heard church bells on Sunday.

Here's another view of the cathedral with a statue of an Indian guy... I can't remember his name... but it's a cool statue :)

This is for Elizabeth! That's right, it's a library. Cooler than Provo, n'est pas?

This is also for Elizabeth (Popi too). He was peeking at me while we were in the check-out line at Sainsbury's. Nathan rolled his eyes, but I had to get it :) Love me some David Tennant.

Teehee Nobbling Niggles. British words. What does it mean? Who knows.

This is the view from my family room window. There's a squirrel that frequents the grassy area. We've named her Veruca, after the Veruca Salt in the new Willy Wonka movie that wants a squirrel.

So today we registered for health care and we both got Meningitis C shots. I think I might have already had the shot, but I wasn't sure. Did it matter? NO. It was FREE. Why is this not something we do in America? I don't want to start a political discussion, but it's pretty freaking sweet here. Except my arm's a little sore from the pokey needle. The guy who gave us all the information we needed, we'll call him Portly Eric Idle, was really funny. It was my first taste of dry English humer ("Where were you living before here?" "Utah" "Oh, awful place. So dusty.")

I made chili! It tastes a little different, I'm going to try different beans next time, but it totally tasted like home :)

Oh and by the way I'm not going to ramble on about how England's so much better or how America's so much better blah blah blah. I hope it never somes off like that... cause that would get annoying. I just want you guys to get the idea of how it is to live here.

On that note: English fashion statement of the day... I saw a super tough guy today wearing man-pris. You know, man capris. It made me laugh. We also got our daily dose of leggings. I can't tell whether they're ahead of the times or behind.... weren't leggings starting to be a thing when I was ending high school? I remember at BYU my freshman year they put up signs specifically forbidding leggings with short skirts. So maybe the Brits took an old trend and made it more edgy by removing the skirt. Anyways... There's this store called Uncle Sam's down the road. It advertises itself as an American vintage clothing store, but we'll have to check it out to see if it's legit.

Skyping has been fun!

Cheers!