The Cold Coast of England

A few weeks ago Sarah, Lauren, and myself decided to take a 40 minute bus ride from Canterbury to the coast of southern England. We visited two precious towns called Broadstairs and Margate. It only took us about 3 quid to get to both places on a bus (which is pretty darn good). It started out a cold day (as usual here in England) but it only grew colder the closer we got to the coast. It was so windy! All of us were bundled up and still freezing to death! When we got to Broadstairs we decided to go into a few shops on the high street. It was ironic because we kept going into shops to get out of the cold and yet all the shops were decked out in beach gear as if it was a sunny beach day. We even stumbled upon this poster that was for sale. It really made us laugh. Yeah.... "sunny Broadstairs". Haha.

After we had gone into pretty much every shop possible we ventured out onto the beach. The sand was so different from any sand I've ever seen in the states. It's not very fine sand...but more thick and grainy. After only a few minutes on the beach we ventured across the street to a restaurant where Sarah's friend from class, Melody, works. It's a restaurant on the beach that Melody's family owns. All of us ordered steaks, and they were seriously the best thing I've eaten in England. A family ordered oysters the week before we came, and they found a pearl in one...how cool!

                                      

Next we ventured to Margate. If I had to say what margate is like I would say it is like the coney island of  England. There were several vintage shops, and bookstores. We ate at a cupcake place in Margate that the queen fancies when she visits. It was so delicious! We also may have hit up the Primark before we left...we couldn't help ourselves. All in all it was a lovely Saturday on the not-sunny coast of England.

A Wee Bit Behind on Scotland...

Well hello there!

I am terribly sorry that I haven't written in so long...it's just I've been having so much fun over here in jolly old England that I haven't found much time to write. I've been traveling quite a lot and...well....frankly....my macbook is quite heavy to bring along. So these next few blogs will be a catch up on my last few travel adventures.

At the beginning of February some friends and myself loaded up and decided to take a bus journey to Edinburgh, Scotland. We took the megabus! I found this almost laughable because before I left the states...I traveled to NYC and D.C. by megabus. Megabus and I seem to becoming close friends.  It's definitely not a luxurious wat to travel but it sure is cheap! So it took us about nine hours to get to Scotland by bus. Lauren and I arrived at 7am in Edinburgh. We were just in time to see the sun rise in the city center! Oh it was lovely! I don't think I've ever felt so amazing.  I could just feel God whispering through his beauty of this vast world he created...reminding me how blessed I am. I felt invincible. As we were walking...we saw the city arise from it's sleepiness  Shops began to open and people slowly began to stir about. What a perfect morning....and I was so happy to get to share it with one of my new best friends, Lauren. I had such a lovely time with all of the girls I went with. They were so much fun!

Scotland was marvelous. I can't even express to you in words how much I loved this city. I think Edinburgh is one of my favorite places I've ever visited, and I would absolutely love to go back. My really wonderful friend Lindsey made a video of our trip so instead of reading all about it....I think you just just take a peak at the good times we had...and maybe it will make you want to visit some day too!