Hanks 2.0 Across the Pond

It's going so fast- the weeks go by so fast and then the missionary 6 week transfer goes by so fast! That's really how we measure time now, in 1week and 6 week increments!  If  someone were to ask us about our first impressions of England so far, for this Southwest part of England I should say, our answer would be dogs, dogs and more dogs. It seems like EVERYONE here has a dog. When you make restaurant 'booking' or a reservation, many restaurants are so pet friendly, you can choose the option of a "dog friendly" area as part of your reservation!  Observation #2 is smoking, vaping and tatoos are pretty prevelant.  #3 would be little to no perservatives in their foods, certainly not as many as in the US, as the food experation dates are frequently just 3-5 days out, so we are having to grocery shop more, and then eat or throw things out much, much sooner than what we are used to ! #4 LOTS of recycling! We get to recycle everything, all the way down to left over ...

 Oh to live in the 1600's ! That's where Castle Combe, up in the Cotswolds, took us! It is touted by alot of people as being the most beautiful village in England.  We took a jaunt up there on our pday and had a jolley ol' time!  They have not allowed any new buildings to be constructed since about 1600. They are not allowed to have any "wiring" like phone or electricity lines or satellite dishes showing on the exterior of any of the buildings, thus why a handful of movies have been filmed here, most recently War Horse. The 1967 tv show Dr. Dolittle was filmed here, but it was too rainy, so they took it back to LA & recreated the village for the rest of the production.  There was a 12th century castle here at one point, but nothing remains of it today, so the village basicaly consists of 2 small, blissful streets that are often full of tourists.               That is the Market Cross is the background, the pointed pavillio...