Still suffering from the effects of an overnight flight and the loss of 7 hours, we took it rather easy today. This morning we slept in until 10ish--possibly the longest nights sleep since having kids six+ years ago.
We joined Steve at the Cranwell military base and had lunch in the officers mess. It was slightly intimidating looking around the dining room at a bunch of Royal Air Force officers. We got some helpful information regarding the base from Steve's friend Malcolm and then spent a little time looking around. Even without any background knowledge of military operations in WWII or a love of planes I found it quite interesting.
The College at Cranwell
We then spent a little time walking around the village of Navenby. It is a tiny place but just full of amazing little houses. Instead of addresses they all have names. Maidenwell Cottage, Frogmore, and such.
There was an old church with a graveyard just a short walk from Steve's house. Most of the tombstones were unreadable and covered with ivy and moss.
This evening we went to an old 1930's theatre and watched the new Star Trek movie. I tend to be slightly anti-Star Trek but I'll tell you...if they'd done all the movies like this one I'd be hooked. The theatre was such fun...even if they don't sell popcorn. Someone needs to talk the british into freshly popped greasy popcorn. Yummy.
2 comments:
Yay! I had no idea you guys were in London, so fun! I want to hear some British accent when you get home. Thanks for the little prezzie, your the best.
This is SOOOOO fun to read!!!! It looks beautiful!
Have a TRIP of a lifetime!!!
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