Travelling for the last time on our trip. We’re on our way back to South Africa feeling excited to see friends and family and settle into our daily routines again.
So this is the last time I will write about this trip. We left off in Paris. Our trip from St Pancress to stratford was fairly eventful as we sped our way though a maze of underground carriages at lightening speed to catch our train to Stratford on Avon. We made on the train to Stratford with three minutes to spare. Just glad we raced there because we were told initially that we had PLENTY of time by the ticket salesperson.
It was great to see Auntie Chrissie waiting at the station when we arrived. I had spent four months living in Stratford ten years ago and Chrissie became like a second mother. We packed the car full of all our luggage and made our way to Chrissie’s home to meet Uncle Kevin carving the roast lamb and Carren with a Welcoming smile. It’s amazing, I felt home because this was my family.
Carren had taken a few days off work to show Liz and I around a bit. We had both been in the area before and done all the standard tourist stuff, so Carren planned a few fun activities and a couple of lesser known tourist activities.
It was all about the Cotswolds on wednesday as we took a leaiurely walk around a few towns in the quaint and beautiful area. Thursday became a dedicated shopping day. We all got into the spending mood and did our best to meet our luggage limit on the plane home. Friday we met Stuart in Oxford and walk around the colleges for a bit. That night we finished our stay with a grew dinner in an old mill English resturant. Great food and great company always makes a great time.
I know it’s very condensed but it was so great. We never did much but rather spent time catching up with the family, relaxing and slowly taking it all in.
Saturday was a surprise day for Liz. I had organized with Dan to get ‘Phantom of the Opera’ tickets, which is Liz’s favourite show. She has always dreamed of seeing it on broadway. So we got all dressed up and made our way to London. The show it unbelievable, and this was the second time I had seen it. Every single aspect of the music, vocal performance, set design and production was absolutely flawless. I would pay to watch it again, in fact the man sitting next to me on the night had seen it five times and still loved every minute.
After the theatre we made our way back home but not without stopping at another horror themed attraction with live actors whose sole aim is to scare your pants off.
Our last day was Sunday! We slept late, went to church, walk around Cambridge and relaxed before we set off on our 30 hour trip home!!
