Homies from Home!

In a sense...

From 6-8 March, my not so ghetto friends (from Redeemer) came to visit for the weekend from France! Yes, Steph and Julianne took a nice little break away from hectic Paris life to take in the English countryside! It's only a hop, skip and jump, really. Naturally they were charmed!

So they stayed with Marion and Andrew (saved the day at the last minute! love you both!) and they got on great! We tried to make the most of Saturday - pain au chocolat pour dejeuner, then off for a typical 'life with Sarah' jog to the train station. Thankfully we met a good Samaritan on the way who gave us a ride! I just hopped right in the car and Ju and Steph followed believing that I knew the people! Ha! never met 'em before in my life! We did a solid Oxford tour and then had dinner at the Eagle and Child, 'cause you gotta.

Interjection: have you ever had Sticky Toffee Pudding? Do it, best thing of life!

Meanwhile, back to the story.

One thing that surprised me was how much it had all become every day for me! Ju and Steph were going nuts with photos; it's not like the magic has worn off, but I may have been taking for granted how cool my new school is;) They kindly reminded me...

The weather was perfect as well, and the flowers were all blooming! And we saw two protests! Communists and Animal Rights...never a dull moment...

Then we went back to Charlbury, ate toast (yes that is important enough to include in a blog), went to the local pub (very English experience - we HAD to do it;)) and then watched The Illusionist with most of the other girls - we also had some chocolate heart attack - chocolate ice cream, brownies, and mars bars chopped up on top!

Sunday morning we had another 'life of Sarah' experience and were late for church, and then got caught in a rainstorm on the way to our Sunday lunch host's home, yippee-do-dah.

We (Ju, Steph, and I) went to Howard and Jan's house for lunch, and they are just the most wonderful, hospitable people! And Jan was born in Manitoba and they lived in Toronto for 18 years - whoa connections!

Another Interjection: Sunday lunch is another one of the best things in life (more on that later)

And then, Howard drove us into Oxford so the girls could catch their airport shuttle...I was sad to see them go!

It was really great to have them come for a visit! I love where I am and there's never anyone to show it off to! We had such a super time!

Now I'll go see them in April! Booked my ticket already:)