Today wasn't as eventful as our past days have been and that's okay. This is real life...breakfast, laundry, grocery shopping, the post office and dinner. Once Jason left for work, I was up and ready to go run some errands. I ran into town to 'borrow' some more internet, grab a few things from the store and mail a few postcards off. Well 'borrowing' the internet went fine. I ordered myself a mint tea and slowly sipped on it for two hours, enough time for me to call my mom, answer a few emails and blog. Next on the list was the post office. I saw the sign on the outside wall so I walked in...how differently can a post office be?! Well, the post office in Epsom appears to be a grocery store in the front with a post office in the back. Nothing said 'mail' or 'post'...all the signs were reading other things. I started wondering if I was in the right place until I saw a few other people with packages in their hand. I stood in line and when it was my turn to go to the teller window, I politely told him that I would like to mail these 4 postcards and I handed them to him. He proceeds to hand them back to me and gives me the price for 4 stamps with airmail stickers. Ok...that's fine but how exactly do I mail them if the teller won't take my postcards?! I paid him the £2.30 (about $3) and walked outside to find a 'Post Drop Box' on the outside wall. Just a totally different experience from the post office in the states.
After the post office, I headed to the store. Wilkinson's is similar to a Wal-Mart (is what we were told) so I would be able to grab some food, as well as some other things. When I walked in I knew I didn't need a lot of things so I grabbed a handheld basket. The baskets look the same as the ones in the states but they had an extra handle on one side. I had no idea why it was even on the basket so I just pushed my handle back down and carried it. Well I finally realized what the extra handle was used for when I got a little more into the store. EVERYONE had these small baskets. They were pushing them, pulling them...everything but carrying them.
Well, now I know how to properly ask for stamps at the post office and how to drag my basket at the grocery store. Slowly but surely I'm learning the ways of England...ha! Once Jason got home, we headed to Kingston for one last dinner with Frank. He was packing and he had so many things that he couldn't take back and thought we could use during our stay here. We got some extra pillows, an Oyster card(a prepaid transportation card), a plug with multiple adapters, etc. We'll definitely miss having Frank around to explore the city with! Frank's flight was scheduled early on Friday so after dinner, we said our goodbyes and headed back to Epsom.
Friday, March 25, 2011
Today was another relaxing day...not too much exploring! Jason had a short day, was home by 2:00pm and then 'accidentally' fell asleep trying to read his pediatrics book. As soon as he woke up, we headed into town to walk through the center and do a little shopping. We booked a Saturday trip that would last about 12 hours so we wanted to make sure we had enough snacks and drinks to last us through the day. We enjoyed dinner at a yummy pub and hurried home to spend the night in bed watching movies and playing crossword puzzles. Nothing too exciting but it was the perfect Friday night!
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Ha! I would have carried that basked too! Live and learn! ;)
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