Thursday, March 24, 2011
Hello!I'll be separating the third day into two halves again,
because there are lots of things I wanna show you!
11th March 2011: FridayWe got up early the next morning,
[
We have to, if we wanna catch breakfast on a farm! :S]
and headed straight to
Broadway Tower.
Apparently, if you get right to the top,
you can see
all 6 counties of the Cotswolds,
and I DID go all the way up,
but honestly, they all look kinda same-ish.
But not
too similar.
Anyway,
when we tried to find the entrance,
honestly one would think that they would proclaim it,
but it was a
small metal gate at the
side of the road,
so if we hadn't asked at a nearby cafe, we would have TOTALLY missed it.
Past the gateway...! With arches of trees to welcome you! :OIf it was during winter, at night,
I'm quite sure it would be
creepy.
Let's take a closer look.
At eye level: The stairway in the towerNote: There were actually sheep and red deer to the left and right fields of the Tower, but I didn't bring the lens which could zoom in properly, and they're not as cute and majestic [respectively] when taken afar, so I'm sorry okay? >:After Broadway Tower,
we drove to the famous market town,
Chipping Campden.
I have to say, I was quite excited,
but unfortunately, whatever markets that we saw,
were only the ones I had to imagine of markets past.
The town was still very much
pretty, though. :)
The Market Hall,
apparently it was built to shelter the vendors of the past.
What a traditional English sweet shoppe looks like!I went crazy for awhile, till upon closer inspection,
I discovered that they were either
liquorice or
gummies, or something like that.
My interest wilted away quite quickly after.
A pretty alleyway, isn't it? :)
If only the bus stops at home looked like that!
I wouldn't mind taking the bus every day! :xWe then drove to a
sister town of Chipping Campden,
which is
Broad Campden.
It was REALLY small,
like a 10 min drive, and we were out. .__.
We went there to see the adorable
thatched roofs of the olden days.
Most of the houses in Cotswolds had it before,
but they switched to the tiles,
whereas some continued to leave their roofs thatched.
Thatched
Tiled
See the difference? :oAfter the short stop,
we headed to
Broadway for lunch!
[
And our last stop for today.]
Our cozy corner at Tisanes.Tisanes Tea Rooms & Gardens was a recommended cafe,
so we tried it out and were not disappointed.
They have
really good food,
their own
special teas,
[
If you go, try out the Cotswolds Afternoon!]
and
who can forget their scones?Not me, that's for sure.So,
this ends the first half of the third day!
I mentioned before that I got my results back this week right?
Well, I didn't get all A's this time round,
but I got
one A and two B's,
so
I'm still really happy with my results!
[
Especially since I almost cried with despair after one particular paper.]
So
thank you Jesus!All Glory Goes to You!
And none to me!
