Today was our first full day in our temporary country. We decided to go to the Hampton Palace, it looked relatively close to where we were staying. So I proceeded to open the right side door only to be reminded that this was actually NOT the passenger seat. Once we set off, it was relatively a short drive. We missed a turn or two but made it in good time. This palace had a large Maze in the middle. Of course the girls breezed through it and got to the center before Scott and I both times. We got a tour of the palace and learned a LOT about King Henry VIII, the House of Tudor, how many wives he had (and how many he had the heads cut off – I always thought it was all of them but actually only 3) and we got to actually meet King Henry and Queen Catherine (I think the 2nd Catherine – one of the wives who got her head cut off). We also got to visit the local grocery store – Sainsbury. It was Scott’s first time in a grocery store this year I think. The store was smaller than those in the US but had most of what we needed.
We discovered that our house did not have any internet. But luckily, we met two neighbors, one our next door neighbor who graciously gave us her security code to use her wireless connection until we could figure out the status of the internet on Monday.
The sun comes up around 5 am and goes down at around 10pm. So bedtime has moved up in the house as it is just too bright at 9.
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