Wedding number 1: We left for Stratford Upon Avon around 3 on Saturday. It was an hour and a half on the train. We got to the station and were going to get a taxi to the hotel. We go to the taxi rank and the guy says it's a 15 minute wait, but we "can just walk.. it's only a 15 minute walk." British people have such a warped sense of time/walking distances! It was a 2.2 mile walk to the hotel.. and it started raining about 1 mile in. We met up with Mat's friends from university at the hotel and had a few drinks before we went to the reception. It was a great night! We were up until 4, though, and had to be on a train at 915 the next morning back to London. We took a nap when we got back, then got ready for wedding number 2!
Wedding number 2: We met Paul at Victoria station at 340 to get a 345 train to West Malling (we tend to cut it really close.. I was pretty sure we were going to miss the train). It was a 40 minute train ride, then a "15 minute walk" to the reception - we got a taxi since I now understand what a 15 minute walk really means. The reception was at The Swan, which is a sister restaurant to the Globe. It was beautiful! We ate amazing food and drank lots of beer, then got back on the train to London at 930. Back to London at 1020, 20 minutes on the tube, then a 10 minute walk home. Needless to say, I was exhausted by the time we got back last night.
Today I'm going to unpack, finally! I'm walking to the shop down the road to buy hangers and hoping all of my clothes will fit in the tiny wardrobe in our room.. Mat's clothes might need to go in the hallway :)
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