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| View of St. Agnes from the Tippy Tappy |
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| John on his way down the Tippy Tappy |
It's been a couple of days, so lots to catch up on! Since we had all of our housing in place, we have been lucky enough to have the past couple of days to just feel like we're on vacation again. Friday morning we took a bus ride to a northern coastal town of St. Agnes. We got off the bus, and already had no idea where we were going. Lucky enough, we ran into a couple of locals who pointed us in the right direction. We walked down a path (known by one local as following the "tippy tappy") to the beach. After doing some exploring, we popped into a seaside cafe for a pint and some tea. It was here where we met a really nice local bartender and his girlfriend from New York. They both gave us some great advice and also suggested we take a scenic hike along the coast to the next coastal town of Perranporth. Seeing as we had all the time in the world, we took them up on the suggestion and are so glad we did. On this four mile path, we were met with some breathtaking views. We knew we hit Perranporth when we came over a hill and were met with a long sandy beach filled with dozens of surfers riding the waves into shore. Pretty brave of them considering if was only 55 degrees out! There is not a wetsuit thick enough :-)
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| ALF and Brite made an appearance today :-) |
By this point, the sun was starting to go down and it was getting colder. We went into town to catch a bus back to Truro when we realized that we had made it just in time to catch the last bus out of town....a very close call. So we sat outside freezing (to be sure we didn't miss the bus) and finally made the trip back to Truro.
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| St. Agnes Beach |
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| Hike to Perranporth |
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| Look, sandy beaches ahead! |
We decided to spend yesterday fully focusing on and spending time in Truro. We checked out a potential gym (which John thinks looks like the gym Rocky trained in :-) We then went to a teahouse called Charlotte's to have our first experience with Cornish Cream Tea. We sat overlooking downtown Truro and were served English tea along with homemade scones on which you spread clotted cream and fresh strawberry jam....my heaven! Last night John and I decided to have a nice sit down meal at an Italian restaurant in Truro. The food was amazing as well as the atmosphere. Overall, a relaxing and wonderful day.
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| Truro Downtown during Cream Tea |
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| Cream Tea at Charlotte's Tea House |
This morning we packed up and checked out of our B&B that we have stayed in for the past week (goodbye big bed :-( goodbye crappy internet :-) A taxi drove us to our new "home" that we'll be staying at for the next two weeks until our flat is ready to move into. The Laurel's B&B is situated out in the Truro countryside and is run by a sweet lady named Annie who made us a pot of tea and served us fresh chocolate chunk bread as soon as we walked in....not a bad welcome! We got unpacked (for real, we actually unpacked all of our suitcases this time around) and then Annie took us on a short walk that John can take to the hospital in the morning. From there, we headed in to town and both finally picked up our permanent phones (we will blog more on this topic later). We then did our first official grocery shopping run at Tesco which is a relief, we can't eat out anymore (Annie is letting us use her fridge here). We also were able to chat with Kevin and Kaite Jo online, which was really nice!
Now we are off to have some down time, especially since John officially starts work tomorrow and I start my job hunting. Wish us luck!
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