4th of July, Lucy in Sky

Wow, once again it's been over a month since our last post. We honestly would like to post more, but it seems that inspiration always strikes when we're no where near a computer. Well, here's another attempt at changing that!

So, what have we been up to... well, this weekend we went out to Portsmouth on a bit of a whim, though it was a beautiful day to have lunch and a pint by the sea (bay? harbour? channel? Whatever.)

Sunshine by the sea.

 After that, we walked around for a bit, explored the old walls and canon placements near the mouth of the bay, and even did some outlet shopping, where I scored a new watch (70% off!) We didn't end up going up to the top of the Spinnaker Tower since it was getting ready to close for the evening, but here it is anyway!

Photobombed by a Figurehead.

 

On the train journey home we were informed by a very nice railway guard that we had been buying the incorrect tickets all along, and had to pay a bit extra to get home. Fun fact, unless you request otherwise, ticket windows are required to sell you the cheapest ticket from point A to point B, even if it connects through Manchester. Basically, we'd been buying the wrong tickets for the routes we've been taking it saved us a good bit, but was apparently illegal. Oops! Oh well, now we know.

 

Anna's new job is going very well so far, and mine continues to be great as well. I got to go up to our office in Ayr (near Glasgow) a few weeks ago. The office was nice, but the stroll on the beach the night we arrived was fantastic. I'd love to go back, and this time bring Anna with me!

 

This post is apparently water-themed.



 Tomorrow I get to visit our other office in Shropshire (northern England.) I don't think it's quite as a picturesque, and it's a 4 hour drive instead of a 1 hour flight, but it still should be interesting. I mean we're staying in a pub tomorrow night, how could it be bad?

We also did our best to celebrate our independence from our new home on the 4th of July. My coworkers decorated my desk with flags and about 2 dozen copies of the Declaration of Independence, and even had the Star Spangled Banner blasting when I arrived.

So many flags... I just kept hanging up on my corkboard for good measure.

Not to be outdone, Anna found a 4th of July celebration a few towns over, filled with Americans (quite a few Texans)BBQ and country music. We dragged one of two Americans we know along with us, as well as some English friends. Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves, though that was probably helped along by the margaritas Anna made for everyone before we cabbed it over to the event hall. At any rate, we were pretty much best friends with the band by the end of the night.

What country are we in again?!

Well, I think that's a decent recap for July... hopefully we'll return soon!