Mimi and Pa woke up and realized they had slept in identical clothes, on their anniversary.
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Sunday, August 28, 2011
Seventh anniversary overnight trip: Exmoor.
This year, Mark and I celebrated our seventh wedding anniversary. Because there's some other stuff going on, we wanted to take a least a little bit of time for just the two of us. But we didn't want to go far, so we ended up on an overnight stay in Exmoor.
It's only a couple of hours from Bristol, and since one of the traditional 'themes' for year seven is wool, we thought it was an appropriate destination:
We visited Tarr Steps, which is a medieval (or earlier) stone bridge.
There's a nice walk along the river, along both sides, and there are some other, smaller stone bridges along the way. We stopped and took a picture which ends up showing how round I'm becoming:
After the walk, we stopped at a hotel/cafe overlooking the steps.
There we had the joy of a cream tea, a tradition in both Devon and Cornwall (scones, jam, clotted cream, tea) - the main difference between the two types of cream tea apparently being what order you apply the jam and clotted cream. But whichever order, it's really good, so I of course was pleased.
We stayed overnight at the Exmoor Forest Inn in Simonsbath, inland from The Hunter's Inn, which is where we usually stay when we go to Devon/Exmoor (which Mom and Dad have also experienced). It was OK - the food wasn't as good as all the reviewers suggested, but it wasn't bad and the room was comfortable. (And they had satellite TV - woo woo - which we don't have at home).
The next day we visited Lynmouth - again, which Mom and Dad should recognize!
The weather was pretty bad, with a lot of rain, so we didn't hang around too much. It really felt more like autumn than the end of summer. It was still nice to visit, though, especially since Lynmouth was one of the places Mark took me on our first visit to England, when we were both still living in Slovakia.
Here's to a great seven years and looking forward to the next!
It's only a couple of hours from Bristol, and since one of the traditional 'themes' for year seven is wool, we thought it was an appropriate destination:
We visited Tarr Steps, which is a medieval (or earlier) stone bridge.
There's a nice walk along the river, along both sides, and there are some other, smaller stone bridges along the way. We stopped and took a picture which ends up showing how round I'm becoming:
After the walk, we stopped at a hotel/cafe overlooking the steps.
There we had the joy of a cream tea, a tradition in both Devon and Cornwall (scones, jam, clotted cream, tea) - the main difference between the two types of cream tea apparently being what order you apply the jam and clotted cream. But whichever order, it's really good, so I of course was pleased.
We stayed overnight at the Exmoor Forest Inn in Simonsbath, inland from The Hunter's Inn, which is where we usually stay when we go to Devon/Exmoor (which Mom and Dad have also experienced). It was OK - the food wasn't as good as all the reviewers suggested, but it wasn't bad and the room was comfortable. (And they had satellite TV - woo woo - which we don't have at home).
The next day we visited Lynmouth - again, which Mom and Dad should recognize!
The weather was pretty bad, with a lot of rain, so we didn't hang around too much. It really felt more like autumn than the end of summer. It was still nice to visit, though, especially since Lynmouth was one of the places Mark took me on our first visit to England, when we were both still living in Slovakia.
Here's to a great seven years and looking forward to the next!
Monday, August 31, 2009
Five years!
This year, on August 26, Mark and I celebrated our five year wedding anniversary. The date fell on a Wednesday and we both had stuff to do, so we didn't really celebrate on the day, but instead went to London on Sunday.
The fifth anniversary "theme" is wood, so we'll probably get a new set of wooden rings, since we never wear the ones we have because they're what we got married with and we're so worried about losing them or having them dry out. We are thinking of getting a set that we actually can wear, which I guess is silly, but that's OK.
Since we got married on a boat (of sorts) we also tend to have that as an ongoing theme for our anniversary celebrations (not that you need a theme, it's just what we have going on). We went on a boat ride in Paris for our first anniversary, so this time we went for a boat ride on the Thames.
We didn't do much else while we were in London, just walked around a lot, made our obligatory visit to Muji, went to the Camden markets and ate. It was exciting though because we were able to walk to our local train station to take the train in, so we didn't have to get in a car all day, which was nice!
On the train:
Camden market:
We had burritos for lunch at the market - they were quite good!
This was our boat - not very fancy, but it did float, which is pretty much all that matters.
You can just see the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben in the background:
And here are some shots of Mark looking left and right with various landmarks in the background:
HMS Belfast:
Paddington Station is one of the only places we can easily get Krispy Kreme doughnuts, so of course that was the best way to end the day!
The fifth anniversary "theme" is wood, so we'll probably get a new set of wooden rings, since we never wear the ones we have because they're what we got married with and we're so worried about losing them or having them dry out. We are thinking of getting a set that we actually can wear, which I guess is silly, but that's OK.
Since we got married on a boat (of sorts) we also tend to have that as an ongoing theme for our anniversary celebrations (not that you need a theme, it's just what we have going on). We went on a boat ride in Paris for our first anniversary, so this time we went for a boat ride on the Thames.
We didn't do much else while we were in London, just walked around a lot, made our obligatory visit to Muji, went to the Camden markets and ate. It was exciting though because we were able to walk to our local train station to take the train in, so we didn't have to get in a car all day, which was nice!
On the train:
Camden market:
We had burritos for lunch at the market - they were quite good!
This was our boat - not very fancy, but it did float, which is pretty much all that matters.
You can just see the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben in the background:
And here are some shots of Mark looking left and right with various landmarks in the background:
HMS Belfast:
Paddington Station is one of the only places we can easily get Krispy Kreme doughnuts, so of course that was the best way to end the day!
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