Monday, April 29, 2013

Homeless Buddies: England Day 6

This morning we visited Chatsworth House, where Mr. Darcy's home is filmed in the Keira Knightly version of Pride and Prejudice.   Here are a few pictures of the inside of the house.






REAL Coronation chairs.
Also, the texture on the wall is not just paint,
 it was textured and poked out like that.
Absolutely gorgeous.






One of my favorite sculptures: The Veiled Woman 




Next up: pictures of the Gardens.



Cool little fountain tree that would be awesome to run in during the summer.

Rock Garden

You can see Chatsworth in the right hand side through the trees.

We decided to have a race through the hedge maze.

I won!




Next up....

.... STICK RACE.

Brett couldn't throw his in the stream.  I WIN!!!!!! :D



Who needs Mr. Darcy when you have this handsome man?





Brett being a duck.








Next stop: Sheffield.

Once upon a time while Brett was serving a mission, 
I looked up his flat address on google earth 
and photoshopped Marah and myself onto the street beneath his flat. 
 I sent this picture to him.
In response, he made my Valentines Day by sending this one back.
And today we got to take this awkward photo standing on the very street together.

After Sheffield, we headed to York.  Yes the old York for which New York is named after. It was quite the experience.  The wind about knocked us over, tourists crowded the streets, and parking was horrendous. But at least we got these awesome pictures.


Shambles.  Where the buildings have started leaning in so much, they're almost touching.
It reminded me of Diagon Alley.
Cool shoemaker robot that Brett particularly liked.


Guy Fawkes' birth place.
York Minister.

Best part of our York experience: getting mistaken as homeless people.

The story goes, we really wanted Drake's Fish and Chips so we grabbed some to eat as we walked to see York Minster. Since it was so extremely windy and cold, we decided to take refuge in the Alley and eat on a door step. As we're sitting there, a homeless guy runs up to us and excitedly tells us to go get some free sandwiches as some shop. He was just trying to look out for his fellow homeless mates.  It was hilarious.  Do we look homeless to you?

To finish off our day, we headed back to Leeds for dinner at Masala Hut (the BEST Indian food) with Rose and Joan.  


It's been such a lovely experience being here see so many neat sites and meeting so many wonderful friends.  We're not looking forward to going home on Wednesday... AT ALL.

p.s. Brett fell asleep today and started singing in his sleep while I drove.  It is hilarious, not the best filming since I was driving.  You can watch it on facebook.  https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151910616288378&set=vb.788363377&type=3&theater

2 comments:

Becky said...

Great pictures Katie and Brett! Thanks for including us dreamers in in your fun!

Becca Allred said...

Oh my gracious how beautiful!! You two look like you're having the time of your life :) I CAN'T believe you went to Mr. Daddy's HOUSE. What a dream :) Miss you two come home safe!!! Xoxo