Once Upon A Time

Last summer Natalie Perkins and I went to England to visit my friend, Lindsay, who was just finishing up her masters degree at Oxford. While traveling we didn't spend very much time in front of computers, for obvious reasons, so much of our trip never made an appearance on the web - or on this here blog. Which is a cry'n shame.

A recent wallpost on facebook from Lindsay had me reminiscing of the flat we got to stay in while we were exploring Devon, which is why I thought I needed to post these pictures. Just type "trefusis terrace, exmouth, england" into google earth - and that's pretty much the exact location of the flat we got to stay for about 4 days. Right there by the sea! We were lucky enough to stay there because Lindsay's friend, Catherine, was kind enough to share it with us.

Her grandparents flat by the sea!!!

Doesn't that sound cute? Doesn't that sound so Great Britain? Doesn't that sound like that should be in a book? Catherine, will you start a blog already so we can read about your charmed life by the sea?

Anyways, the four of us girls got to stay in her grandparents flat - and not only was the location brilliant, the flat itself was the cutest thing ever. Straight out of a book. An old children's picture book.

The first picture is where Natalie and I slept, the second is where Lindsay and Catherine slept. My favorite room in the whole flat was the kitchen (I wish I had a picture) - everything looked like it had been bought in the fifties and hadn't been updated. I loved the wallpaper, the high ceilings, the furniture, the kitchen table, grandpa's giant man-tissue box, grandma's house dresses in the closet, the reading chairs, the drawings hanging on the wall that Catherine did as I little girl (my favorites were the drawings of the Union Jack, Catherine is a very proud Brit), and of course the view of the sea outside the window.

I should post more pictures of that trip, it was wonderful.