Happy Day After Easter!!

So… I finally made it!! After leaving Portland at 6 a.m. Monday I arrived in London Heathrow Airport at 7:45 Tuesday morning. Unfortunately my bum luck sort of followed me. I arrived at PDX at 5:10 and barely made my flight, had to pay $200 for my extra luggage, and was grilled by a “lovely” lady from UK customs for about half an hour after an 8 ½ hour flight. She didn’t believe that I was actually here to visit my sister or would go home on time and for some reason couldn’t understand that I didn’t leave school but was just enrolled online. She actually threatened to check my luggage for “documents” and told me if she found anything I would not be allowed into the UK and would not be able to come back. Because of missing my original flight I didn’t have my new itinerary or a return ticket to prove when I was leaving. DAMN!

On the upside I have spent the last week sleeping, relaxing , taking long walks around the most adorable town ever, watching movies with my family and making home cooked meals. Its been pretty amazing . Chesham, the town where Amber and Billy live is BEAUTIFUL. Cobble stone streets, a little market square (that we live in the middle of), a great park, and walks through the country side minutes away. Its pretty cool to be in a place where there are churches that are hundreds of years old right next door. Here are some of the pictures from a walk we took the other day.

Starting at the bottom is a couple of pictures of the town square, then some really cute buildings and pubs.(There is a special pub photo in there for some of you. You know who you are!)The all white building is where amber and billy live in a flat on top. The Others are of the country side that is just a 15 min walk from where we are and the really old church just up the street. The last few are views from a beautiful hillside park with very large, possibly aggressive swans.