Carmen (My sister) came to visit on Feb 8th. She arrived in the middle of the day on Friday (11:30 am) while I was still at work. She flew into Manchester, then had to take the train to Leeds, then a bus to the house and finally find the key I had hidden in the backyard and let herself in. Knowing all this, I started calling the house around noon in an effort to see if she had made it inside. When I received no answer, then or any of the other times I called (every 30 minutes untill 3pm) I grew quite concerned.
Did she arrive ok?
Did she get on the right train?
Maybe she missed the bus stop and was riding around Leeds lost.
She could have been stuck in the backyard in the rain, unable to find the key I had left for her!
I was starting to panic......
Well I rushed home from work convinced that Carmen would be tired and angry for not being able to get into the house, only to find that she had just gotten in and was quite tipsy!! (DRUNK!!)
Not only did she get into the house okay at 11:30 Am, she also navigated her way to the local pub where she met Martin (the bar keep) who kept her entertained tasting the local beers for 3 hours.......She wasn't in the country over 2 hours before she had a beer in her hand. (This reminds me of my first day in England.....do you remember Rob? I also had a beer in my hand from Martin the barkeep within 2 hours of being in the country)
Carmen had a good intro to the English lifestyle that day as we met John and Amy for curry at Abids and then headed over to Simon and Cathy's place to watch the Rugby game on TV. (BEER....CURRY...RUGBY....3 English staples)
Saturday had us heading out to YORK, where we had our first "CREAM tea" (another english tradition) at Betty's. Hmmmmm good stuff. We met up with the Leeds crew (Cathy/Simon, Amy/John, Gill/David, and Jenny/John) for a quiet evening of drinks at the pub. This quiet evening had us being kicked out of the pub at closing time (11pm) after Carmen and Cathy demonstrated their aerobic abilities for climbing under tables in crowded places. Gill and David so kindly offered to have people over to their place for more refreshments and the evening continued....all I have to say is that the next day, while in the airport waiting to go to Ireland, Carmen made several trips to the washroom.....DID YOU HAVE THE FLU Carmen???? OR where you HUNG OVER!!!
A taste of Carmens first 2 days in England, More to come!
Did she arrive ok?
Did she get on the right train?
Maybe she missed the bus stop and was riding around Leeds lost.
She could have been stuck in the backyard in the rain, unable to find the key I had left for her!
I was starting to panic......
Well I rushed home from work convinced that Carmen would be tired and angry for not being able to get into the house, only to find that she had just gotten in and was quite tipsy!! (DRUNK!!)
Not only did she get into the house okay at 11:30 Am, she also navigated her way to the local pub where she met Martin (the bar keep) who kept her entertained tasting the local beers for 3 hours.......She wasn't in the country over 2 hours before she had a beer in her hand. (This reminds me of my first day in England.....do you remember Rob? I also had a beer in my hand from Martin the barkeep within 2 hours of being in the country)
Carmen had a good intro to the English lifestyle that day as we met John and Amy for curry at Abids and then headed over to Simon and Cathy's place to watch the Rugby game on TV. (BEER....CURRY...RUGBY....3 English staples)
Saturday had us heading out to YORK, where we had our first "CREAM tea" (another english tradition) at Betty's. Hmmmmm good stuff. We met up with the Leeds crew (Cathy/Simon, Amy/John, Gill/David, and Jenny/John) for a quiet evening of drinks at the pub. This quiet evening had us being kicked out of the pub at closing time (11pm) after Carmen and Cathy demonstrated their aerobic abilities for climbing under tables in crowded places. Gill and David so kindly offered to have people over to their place for more refreshments and the evening continued....all I have to say is that the next day, while in the airport waiting to go to Ireland, Carmen made several trips to the washroom.....DID YOU HAVE THE FLU Carmen???? OR where you HUNG OVER!!!
A taste of Carmens first 2 days in England, More to come!
