Sunday, October 16, 2005
Images of England
Here's a quick photo journal of my excursion to England (my last one for a while!). Bizarrely enough, it actually starts at my Dad's place in France...
Left: Me, my Dad and my stepmum next to one of their barns. We're surrounded by part of their menagerie, which includes dogs, cats, horses, and chickens. My Dad spends most of his time tending his vineyard, while my stepmum looks after the people in the guesthouse. Life there is pretty idyllic and they wouldn't go back to England for all the wine in Bordeaux (where they live).
Right: Me, my sister and her boyfriend at a ludicrously expensive Mexican restaurant in London. It's the only city in the world that could get away with charging 4 pounds ($10!!) for a bowl of guacamole. And the waitresses kept forgetting chunks of our order. Ah, English customer service...
Left: Me, my Dad and my stepmum next to one of their barns. We're surrounded by part of their menagerie, which includes dogs, cats, horses, and chickens. My Dad spends most of his time tending his vineyard, while my stepmum looks after the people in the guesthouse. Life there is pretty idyllic and they wouldn't go back to England for all the wine in Bordeaux (where they live).
Right: Me, my sister and her boyfriend at a ludicrously expensive Mexican restaurant in London. It's the only city in the world that could get away with charging 4 pounds ($10!!) for a bowl of guacamole. And the waitresses kept forgetting chunks of our order. Ah, English customer service...
Left: Old friends from my Oxford days. Our sleepovers, complete with junk food and silly games, are always a high point of my trips to England. Jo (horizontal) is still in her uniform from leading Brownies, where I spoke to the kids about life in Canada. They were really enthusiastic, especially one kid with red hair who told me she knew who Anne of Green Gables was. Cute : )
Right: Me and a bunch of friends at a friend's wedding. Canadians have this image of British weddings as being very polite and posh. Photographic evidence that this is several bottles of wine away from the truth...
Left: My brother, my sister and me. Even when I lived in England our reunions were pretty sporadic, but with me living in Canada they'll be yearly at best. Which makes me sad, because we have such a laugh when we get together. I guess I'll just have to get better at using the phone.
So, that's it. Everyone keeps saying I've been to England so often this year I might as well still live there, but now I have a life in Canada so I'll be crossing the pond a lot less often. Canada is amazing and there's no way I'd go back, but I miss my family and friends. If only I could persuade them to emigrate...
