Another lazy day in Bristol

I have to say that today I woke up feeling a tad homesick and unsettled. While I’m LOVING this holiday and experience I can’t help but yearn for home and the feeling of being content and settled that that brings. I’m really enjoying our adventures and the people that we’re meeting, but living out of a back pack, wearing the same clothes over and over again, eating Boots deals and counting every penny and pound that pass through our hands is starting to become just a bit tiresome. I’m really yeaning the freedom to lay back on our couch at home, Milo in hand, feet up watching a DVD wearing freshly washed PJs and just chilling out, relaxing. I’m missing my friends, I’m missing my family very much and I’m even missing work… shock horror I know!  It’s just been a bit of a hard day today is all, it’s the first time I’ve felt like this since leaving so I’ve done pretty well! Anyways, enough of being a sad sack!

We had a fairly uneventful day today. Ann had a friend pop over for a little bit so we were able to meet her and her granddaughter which was nice and after this head off into the heart of Bristol to see the exhibition on Anne Frank, the young Jewish girl who was confined to living in an attic with 7 others during the Nazi reign of terror. It was a great exhibition, one that evoked a range of feelings from laughter (Anne Frank had a cheeky sense of humor) to complete hatred for Hitler and how the hell could he lead such a disgusting, revolting war that people actually got behind and supported. What really struck me was the maturity and wisdom that Anne Frank possessed at such a tender age and what a clear and concise communicator she was. An amazing young girl and as sad as it is that her life ended in such horrible circumstances her diaries and writings made such an impact on the rest of world to come. It was a great little exhibition and one that made me come out of it wondering to myself “what am I doing? What can I do to help others in need?” Makes you realize how truly blessed we are to live in such a free and liberated country like Australia.

We moved onto the post office then where we hoped to post home some stuff that we’d collected along our travels, just various things, some small souvenirs, pamphlets etc, not much really. We picked out a box and waited in line to post this… and when we were finally seen too and told the price we almost keeled over! 59 pounds!! ($118) We told them that was an absolute rip off and how the hell could they charge that amount when to post 5 kilos of goods Aus to UK is only $50, and yet to post JUST over 2 kilos UK to Aus would cost more?! We weren’t very happy and we made it perfectly clear. It was suggested to us that we break it down into 2 kilo packs as it would be cheaper, so we did this but it was only minimally cheaper. It’s such a bloody rip off. No wonder everyone in the UK seems to be a bloody workaholic, they have to be in order to survive and afford the basics!

We offered to cook dinner tonight and as it was such a grey, cold, dull day we decided that a good hearty stew and dumplings was in order so this took up the rest of the afternoon, along with the rice pudding (I finally found a rice pudding recipe that I’ve been looking for, I was very excited)

So that was the day, nothing too special but a nice one all the same.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

Chris says “Invisible, silent karaoke performed from an IPod via headphones is not something to be shared with an audience, thanks Em”

Ems’ response to this is “hmph”

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Chris and Emily on May 15, 2009 from Bristol, United Kingdom

from the travel blog: Europe 2009

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