Three years ago Dan and I went on a
two week Mediterranean honeymoon cruise to Italy and Croatia. The whole thing
was fantastic! The sights were amazing, our ship was beautiful, and we made
some good friends along the way.
We were assigned an awesome dinner
table that consisted of four other couples--two other Americans, and six Brits.
We actually kept in touch with two of the British couples, so as soon as we
found out we were moving here we told them the good news. I know that England
is a small country, but I didn't realize how small. It turns out that two of
our friends live only 40 minutes from Harrogate! In fact, Carl regularly walks
in the Yorkshire Dales, which are practically in our backyard (or,
"garden" as the Brits say).
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| Cruise Gang 3 years ago |
Last weekend we got to meet up with
our Pam and Carl. It was so great to see them again! It seems like
nothing has changed over the past three years. They are such genuinely
nice people. They've invited us to stay with them for a long weekend so
we can explore some of the world-famous Christmas markets and lights displays
near them.
As a side note--I think the British
version of distance is so funny, and very different from the American
version. As I just said, they invited us to stay with them for a weekend
because they are 40 minutes away. Do they realize that is literally half
the time of my last commute to work?!
It was a great afternoon and I'm
looking forward to seeing them again soon!
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| Pam, Carl, me and Dan in the UK |
HAHA! It's the same here....going to Seoul is at most a 3 hour drive, and people still stop at regular intervals to switch drivers and take a break....and 15 minutes is "too far" to drive....
ReplyDeleteI know! It's hilarious! Their sense of time is so different than ours! Ha!
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