And now the final part of our stay in the UK. During our last 3 weeks, we stayed mainly in Brighton and Hove, with just a couple of trips out of town. Thanks again to everyone who spent some time with us. It's great to know we have so many friends, and to feel so loved.
Although we packed lots into the time, we still managed to relax plenty - and it was especially nice not having to go to school/work every morning ...
Here is our final collection of UK photos:
As part of its seemingly never-ending tour of the UK, the Olympic torch came to Brighton and Hove on 16th July! It was a grey drizzly day, but the town was packed and all the traffic stopped along Church Road and The Drive. To be honest, the torch itself wasn't that impressive, but it was a great occasion - a big turn-out, everyone very friendly and happy; clicking away on their cameras/iphones/mobiles and other miscellaneous digital photographic equipment.
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| There it is, don't blink! |
On the Wednesday evening, we went along to "UNITED" -the international cafe at Holland Road Baptist Church. This is a ministry which has grown considerably since we moved to Brazil. There were people from all over the world (including Brazil), meeting up to talk English, to learn about each others' cultures and interests. We enjoyed meeting our evening - the only problem was it passed too quickly!
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Internationals (like us)
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As mentioned, we spent much of the time with friends - many cups of coffee and tea, delicious meals (plenty of curries), talking, relaxing, strolling on the beach …
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| Anyone for cards? |
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| In the shade in Worthing |
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| Beautiful! |
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| Lovely! |
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| Smile! |
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| Beach by day ... |
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| … and by night |
We did have a couple of days out, both during our last week - one was at Thorpe Park - that was Mike and six kids. The kids spent quite a lot of time in queues, or upside-down; Mike stayed the right way up.
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Another chance to be upside-down
Our last full day in the UK was spent in London - mostly around the Olympic Park and Victoria Park. We didn't have tickets for any events, but we saw lots of Olympic-y things.
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| We are definitely in the right place |
So that's all folks! On Saturday 4th August we headed back to Brazil.
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