Luckily Kate and I had a disaster free morning at camp which after yesterday's start with the water balloons and drenching of the bathroom, was a huge relief!!
This is by far the most enthusiastic bunch of campers I have ever worked with! It is so much fun to have them come running into camp begging me to tell them what we are doing today because they just can't wait a minute longer to find out. One boy brought me a robot that he made at home last night out of left over pipe cleaners and straws that we let him take home. The kid loves camp so much that he staid up all night practicing building stuff!! I can already guarantee I won't want to say goodbye to my England kiddos on Friday!
After camp Kate and I decided to take a taxi to a nearby town since we have done everything there is to do on base... more than once! With the suggestions of the youth center staff we headed to Bury St. Edmonds. Apparently today was kind of a big day because it's "market day!" We didn't really know what that meant but everyone else seemed to be ecstatic about it so we smiled and nodded real big and said, "oh boy, market day!!"
Bury St. Edmonds reminds me a lot of the town we stayed in last Saturday only instead of a population of 20 I'd say they have about 50. Okay... they have more than 50 but you get the gist. Everyone knows everyone and you can walk the whole town in about 20 min. We had a lovely time though.
We visited Abbey Garden which is where a huge castle used to reside. There are still pieces of the castle scattered all about.
We followed the locals' lead and treated ourselves to some afternoon tea. This definitely needs to become a part of my regular daily routine at home!
We visited the world's smallest pub. Yes, I mean the world's SMALLEST! It's actually in the Guinness Book of World Records. Okay... well that's what our cab driver said at least and I like to believe everyone tells the truth. From the looks of it, I would guess the maximum capacity of the building is 8 people. That's including the bar tender. If you'd like to look it up however, I won't stop you. Let me know what you find!
While looking for this tiny pub we came across an old fashioned phone both!
We had fun pretending we knew how to use it.
Rachael- "Yes, look here it's very simple. Just dial the number..."
Kate having way too much fun in the phone both!
We decided we'd like to be locals and eat at an English Pub. We couldn't fit in the world's smallest so we selected this one because apparently they have good food!
Their sign wasn't lying, the food was delicious! I wouldn't bet against this pub being the world's second smallest though. It's clear that everyone in the pub were locals except us. We felt very cozy inside. Rather than walking to our table and taking our order the lady at the bar just yelled across the room to us in her adorable british accent, "Well, what are you having then?" By the time we left we were speaking like british people and feeling right at home. The cab ride back was the biggest adventure of the evening. The cab car was a long and tall but skinny and rectangular shaped neon green and yellow car. I'm wondering now why Kate and I didn't question this... but we just hopped in like it was the most normal car on the road and we were wondering what in the world was wrong with all the other cars. Our cab driver was a Scottish man who drove light speed (90mph), believed in driving in the middle of the road, and is quite possibly the 2nd biggest Disney fan next to me.
Definitely a solid evening! Or as our cab driver would say, "bloody brilliant!"
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