It's Brilliant....eh?

On Sunday I met Dad’s relatives and saw some relatives I had met last time we were here. We drove to Blackburn where my Dad’s cousin Janet and her family live. I finally met Miriam, she is really nice. She had just got out of the hospital so we brought her some flowers. Later Elliot, Phil and Diane arrived. Philip is Dad’s cousin. Elliot is my buddy; we met last time I was in England. We laugh a lot. Elliot brought me a nice gift.

Later we all went out for dinner for Indian supper. I had really nice salmon with a good sauce and mushroom rice. I really like Indian food. We were talking and then when we finished supper we put warm wash clothes on our faces. Elliot and Miriam were saying ‘ahhh lemony’ from a commercial in England. It was really funny so I was doing it too. We were laughing a lot.

Then we went back to my cousin Nadia's house. She is really nice and let us stay at her house overnight.
In the morning, we went back to Janet’s and talked some more. Janet’s husband, Mohammed is from Libya so we got to try some really good Arabic cookies he brought from Libya. Then Dad’s cousin Eddie, his daughter Julie and her kids James and Lucy came over. James and Lucy are really cute. Janet made us lots of nice food while we were there too. I really liked visiting with all my relatives and I really hope I can see them soon. Maybe they will come to visit us in Canada.
Tomorrow morning we are going to go to Iceland. We are going to eat some puffins, Jackie’s favourite. Maybe I will try and make Jackie eat some puffins. I hope everyone in my class is having a great time at school. See you all very soon.

British word of the day:
butty= sandwich

written by

valnyhout on May 5, 2009 from Blackburn, United Kingdom

from the travel blog: Finding my British Roots, eh?

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Hi Val; what a lucky kid you are to have so many fantastic cousins on both sides of the Atlantic! I can hardly wait to hear about Iceland and see the pictures. Jackie....why not eat Puffin? You eat chicken! Have fun in Iceland! We will be happy to have you home again! Love Nana & Papa XXX

written by Nana & Papa on May 5, 2009

Hi Val!
You have been to so many amazing places since the last time I read your blog. I would love to go to Italy one day! Looks like you had a great time there.
Your entry about eating mussels made me hungry! Mussels are one of my favourite foods too, and Kass makes them for me on special occasions, like my Birthday. Do you remember meeting Kass? It was a few years ago, when you still lived in Old South, and we still lived in Canada. Maybe next time we see eachother we can have a mussel-eating contest. I betcha we'd both be pretty good at it.
I hope you're having fun in Iceland. I am definitely with Jackie on the puffin thing though - they're way too cute to eat!
Am looking forward to your next entry...
Love, Brooke

written by Brooke Whatmore on May 6, 2009

If you eat puffins, make sure that you take pictures of the chef cooking them so that you can make everyone else sick! We are really glad you are having such a wonderful time. Love non puffin eater, Aunt Kathy and Mike

P.S. I hope you didn't pick up some blue shoes for Nana! Her red one's give her enough colour.

written by Kathy and Mike on May 6, 2009

Hi Val:
We had a visit from Jenny the new student who is going to be in our class in September. She was very nice and liked our room. We all miss you and are looking forward to your return next week. For Diner's Club this week we had hot dogs to support the Cancer Campaign, not puffins. Sorry for your luck on that. We received your postcard from bath yesterday. Sadly Mrs. R. is away this week because of having some wisdom teeth removed. See you soon.

All your friends and staff in C106

written by Saunders Secondary School on May 6, 2009

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