Travel post :Dartmouth

April 14^th

Today we went to the beach! After a long car ride and a few wrong turns we ended up on a very nice sandy beach.

 

After a yummy lunch of scampi and chips (It’s kind of like popcorn shrimp, at least the way I had it.) We headed over to Dartmouth castle to explore! This castle was used in WWII for defending the bay in which it overlooked; it is full of secret docks and landings for boats. We got to go up a flight of very skinny stairs to an outside platform with a wonderful view of the Atlantic Ocean.

The stones are so old that they are covered in moss and sea things. D:        

April 15^th

Today we went to the house(s) that my aunt and uncle used to own, and my dad grew up having his summers there. It was a huge house surrounded by gardens and fields of sheep. To the side of the houses they have a wonderful semi private beach; we saw a lot of people walking from town all the way up the enormous drive-way just to have a walk along the beach and hillside.

I had never been to this house before but I could almost feel the memories that had been made by my father, his friends and siblings. It was a little spooky XD Especially after mom told me a story about a ghost she saw O.O

Later

we ended up finding ourselves in the midst of a pirate invasion! they took me aboard their ship and held me hostage!!!

Just kidding we went aboard a ship that has been used in almost every movie in need of a good ship. It has been in pirates of the Caribbean and the last scene of Alice in wonderland, along with some other movies set in the Victorian age, but altogether it's been in a ton of films.

April 16th

Today I met my cousin, she is adorable and at only six years old she is very smart. :)

It is very nice having people to talk to and play with. She has let me play with her and her sylvanians, I miss my calico critters dearly,and she is very understanding.

I really do love it here in europe. my above all favorite thing is the shopping. I don't mean purchasing per say, but the fact that you can just browse about a few stores and not have any people jumping over you trying to sell a product, at least in the areas that I have been too, it might be different in the other places. ;)

bye for now! The next time you see me I think I'll be in paris, I believe we don't have internet at our hotel so apologies in advance if i'm a little slow on updates ^.^