Today we drove to the Lake District first. I fell asleep for part of the drive because all there was to see after a while was grass, hills, and sheep. We had assigned bus seats today but we were near the front. We rode a train to a boat so we could cruise Lake Windemere, which was very picturesque. We talked to a woman from Vancouver on the train who was really nice. The cruise was tranquil and calm...until 2 jet planes soared over the lake booming loud. So much for peace. We saw a lot of puppies in that town, it was a dog-friendly place for sure. We passed by the home of children's author Beatrix Potter, most famous for her stories on Peter Rabbit, and the smallest house in England. It was absolutely tiny. I'll have pictures of that (and everything else) when get home. We drove though the countryside and arrived at Grasmere, a small pretty town where William Wordsworth lived and was buried. Chris read us some poetry on the way there, which I really loved. We had lunch and wifi there before we drove across the border into Scotland! We took a rest stop at a hokey Scottish tourist town that's famous for where couples would go to elope. Shortly after we came to Glasgow, where Chris kept saying it was an industrial town and not very pretty. He was partially right but it was also maybe some English bias. Though it is definitely grittier than London.
This is some of the pretty countryside.
We got to Glasgow and checked into our hotel, which is a million times better than the one in Harrogate. After an hour we got to go to dinner with our group and chatted up a storm. We talked to Chris, the Toronto people, and two extremely great women from Australia! They are my favorite people so far. Then we got back, took our showers, and here we are now. Not that much to report today, and we head to Edinburgh tomorrow! Cheers!
Till next time xx,
Sierra
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