Our first week

Welp, Friday, the day after we arrived, Kyle got right into the swing of things and went to work, so Zoe and I did some more exploring and grocery shopping and enjoying the absolutely perfect weather.

Check out that three story slide structure in the background!

DISCLAIMER

only watch the following video

if you feel like getting a bit queasy 

That weekend we took our first country road adventure to a pub located about a 1/2 hour away (called the Swan Inn like a million other pubs in England - did you know that all swans are property of the Queen?  Yup, someone even goes around and counts them every year.  No stealing from the Crown!).  Country roads here are scary!  I really don't think that I'll be driving much over here. I was pretty much sitting in the center console.

We went on a nice walk on a footpath (footpaths over here go through all sorts of private property - open the gate, walk through, close the gate so horses and cows don't get out, and continue on your walk!), even exploring an old 13th century church yard. 

 We then returned back to the temporary-temporary apartment to pack everything up in our rental car and move a few blocks over to our temporary apartment (a.k.a. The Bachelor Pad).

this is our only shot of the temporary-temporary apartment