Easter Holidays :)

School's out! Woohoo!!

Instead of immediate rest and relaxation, a couple of YAGMs game down and we gallivanted across the country. The first Saturday brought a trip to Oxford with my housemate. It was a gorgeous, cloudless, sunny day and there was a literary festival going on! Basically I was in heaven. The next day we found ourselves in Windsor. Another absolutely stunning castle and very quaint town, and again, a cloudless sunny day! After one day of rest it was back up and about and out to Cambridge on, yet again, a cloudless sunny day. By now we were all starting the think the end of the world was near, for how often do we get 5 days in a row of sunny days in England!? Well, Cambridge was indeed lovely but after a short discussion we agreed that we preferred Oxford.

The next week my family came!! I had seen my mom and her parents for about a day in a half at the beginning of December in Paris, but this has been the longest I've ever gone without seeing my dad. It was wonderful to spend time with them! I met them at Victoria station and off we went to Canterbury. Unfortunately, my family do not know how to take a vacation. We were up and about every day, exploring Canterbury and its museums, down to Dover to climb the cliffs and tour the castle, down to Deal Castle (many jokes were made about what the deal was with Deal), up to Leeds Castle (i'm modeling my future home after that place) and again back to Canterbury for Maundy Thursday. Friday proved to be an interesting day of travel to get back to my house and then over to the Imperial War museum, but all was well. And guess what? Every single day was sunny!!!

My family left last Saturday morning, and I went off to Bath to meet up with some other YAGMs. We started a weekend tradition of them playing frisbee and me reading my book in front of famous monuments. For Easter Sunday we went to my friend's church, and then drove off to see Stonehenge! From Stonehenge we explored the Salisbury Cathedral, and then drove off to Avebury, where we explored a neolithic tomb about 5,500 years old, a man made hill that is the oldest prehistoric man made structure in Europe, and the Avebury Henge, older than Stonehenge. The next day we drove to Cardiff where I proceeded to get sunburned. Who gets sunburned in Wales?! It's like an oxymoron. The bay was lovely and the Castle was stunning! The park around the castle is possibly one of the loveliest I've ever been to. I wish it were closer so I could go there more often!

Leeds Castle, Kent

My dad and I at the Imperial War Museum

Stonehenge

Neolithic Tomb

 Cardiff Castle 

All in all it was a lovely break, with much quality time spent with friends and family. A rejuvenating experience that really helped me to remember that Christ is risen, Hallelujah!

Erin