Baguettes and B.O.

We returned out rental car in Plymouth and caught the train back to London and then to Paris.  It was a long day of travel, but we made it safely to Paris.  Diego's cousins met us at the station and guided us to our new rental.

Southwest England

We have been in Plymouth for the past 10 days.  It is located on the peninsula in the southwest part of England. This peninsula is mostly part of the county of Cornwall, which is where many of the British go for holiday (aka: vacation).  Plymouth is just outside of Cornwall in Devon County.  The weather was much more organized down here and although we had several stereotypical grey days we also had quite a few beautiful days.

Slugs, a Birthday, and Croquet

Left York/Breighton area and drove southwest to a town that was randomly picked called Burton-Upon-Trent.  It is one of the many strange names around this country.  I learned that it is referring to Burton that is "upon" the Trent River.  So a town along that river is called "Upon Trent."

If you find yourself in England you can skip that town.  It was like stopping in Pace for a visit.  No offense to Pace, but there was not a lot going on there.  We picked it to break up our drive towards the southern coast of England. 

We checked in and the place we rented was just okay.  Had a cute living and dining room area.  A room upstairs that smelled like cat pee.  A tolerable amount, but still.  Over grown grass and an untidy kitchen. This wasn't quite up to the standards we were expecting with Airbnb.  We could deal though.  

The day after we arrived was gonna be Luna's birthday, so we headed to the store, bought a cake and her meals of choice for that day.  Fast forward and girls are in bed, Diego and I are talking and walking towards the kitchen and "what is that?".......................flip on the lights................ahhh "slugs!!!"  All over the kitchen sink.  Diego collected them and put them in a bag, took it to the trash and thinking that they were coming from the sink drain we put the sink plug in place.  We were a little freaked out, but gonna talk to the owner the next day.  I wake up the next morning to find out that Diego went back down to the kitchen after I fell asleep and they were all over the place again.  Not just the sink, but the floor, the walls, the counters...........yuck.

He had already contacted Airbnb with pictures and they were in the process of refunding us. So we packed up the car and headed out to a new Airbnb that Diego found.  Stopped for a birthday breakfast.

On to Breighton and York

We are visiting a co-worker of Diego's, David, here south of York in a village called Breighton.