Wow- what a weekend! We left for Cornwall Friday morning, and spent Friday afternoon hiking around Tintagel- a city with BEAUTIFUL cliffs and trails for hiking. I was especially surprised at the different shades of blue in the water. It sort of reminded me of St. Thomas. On Friday night we reached our destination- Coverack in Cornwall. The deans had told us that we would be staying in a youth hostel, so I'd been bracing myself for sterile white room full of cots. Apparently, I had no idea what a hostel was like, b/c we ended up staying in a b
each bungalow right on the sea! These Brits have a different idea of "roughing it" haha. On Friday night, we had a pasty dinner (picture chicken pot pie meets the calzone) and ice cream at the one pub in Cornwall, "the Paris Hotel."We had an early wake up call on Saturday morning, and we really maxed out the day! We had yet another day of hiking (I told people it felt more like summer camp than studying abroad) around Cornwall. We hiked for miles and miles until we got to cliffs and eventually the beach. The hike was GORGEOUS. We neared the southernmost tip of England. Once we reached the beach in Cornwall, we just hung out and walked about the town. I even found an ice cream restaurant called Kelly's! After that, we had a bbq dinner at a farm. Yet again, the Brits planned something classier than I had originally pictured. "Bbq-ing at the farm" apparently translates into "sitting on a classy patio NEXT to a farm, while being served bbq meat from restaurant workers and then eating free gelato." But hey, works for me! After that, we went back to the Paris Hotel and hung out until we hit the sack.
Sunday (today) has pretty much revolved around riding on the bus. We ended up being a good 5 hours from Bath by the time we got to Cornwall, so it was a little trek back, including a stop for lunch and a couple of pit stops. When we got back to our flat, I made myself some microwavable risotto (gotta love it), went to Mass, were I met a visiting Argentinian priest, hit up The Cork for quiz night, and ended up right here in front of my laptop, writing for your enjoyment!
Well, I've gotta hit the books and the pillow, but I'll post again tomorrow :) Hope this post finds you all well!!
Love,
Kelly :)
Thanks for the updates and stories ! you did not by chance get a picture of the ice cream shoppe named Kelly's did you ? :) Hope your studies went well.
ReplyDeleteyeah! it's on facebook :)
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