A Blog of Twin Cities
Kristen and I, along with David and Brenda (Kristen's hosts) and Miriam (one of my hosts) enjoyed breakfast this morning at Fay's in Calne. It was a nice little restaurant and the food was very good. We then travelled to McArthurGlen Designer Outlet for some shopping. The Outlet is in Swindon and is in the former railway works. A sign in Fay's The outlet Meanwhile Barry spent the day out with Tony at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Here are some photos from their adventures. After our shopping and some lunch at Carluccio's in the outlet, we headed home for some down time. I spent some time with Miriam chatting in her lovely garden and snapping some photos. Here are some of my favorites. We went to the Lansdowne Strand Hotel for our farewell dinner. I enjoyed spinach and creme fresh soup, duck leg for my main course, and a white chocolate cheese cake with mango sorbet for dessert. Most of all, I enjoyed conversation with the wonderful people I have met over the last week. The duck The white chocolate cheesecake Our group minus Barry and Tony (who were on the way) and Garry who took the photo From left: Barry, Kristen, me, Brenda, Christine, Garry, David, Tony, Miriam, Barry, and Christine Barry with his host family, Garry and Christine Kristen with her host family, David and Brenda Me with my host family, Tony and Miriam Me with Christine and Garry Barry with Miriam Kristen with Miriam and Tony Calne is a beautiful town. Wiltshire is a wonderful area. I have enjoyed visiting all the attractions and learning so much about areas of the UK that I might not have otherwise explored. The most wonderful thing of all, of course, is the warm and welcoming people. I will miss all of them but am hopeful that we can keep in touch and that this is the start of some life-long friendships.
This is my final blog post (for now) as our Twinning visit comes to an end. Kristen and I will be leaving to spend a week in London tomorrow. Barry will be heading home to Pennsylvania on Monday. To see my pictures from the London portion of my trip, please follow me on Instagram @jennifer.breton. If you are interested in learning more about the Twinning program please e-mail me at [email protected].
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