Trip to England, day 1

After a wonderful sleep, in this cozy little house, we woke up and opening the curtains our eyes were spoiled with  a magnificent garden.

Farmington

I usually am not a cat person (not really a dog person either), but these two cats here looked like black panthers, very silent, very strong, very kind.  We enjoyed them so much.

Northleach

After a breakfast, tasting like the bread and jam breakfast I used to have home,  when I was little, we went out to the church in Farmington, then the one in Northleach.
Wherever we went it felt like Kings and Queens must be walking around and I can well imagine lots of princesses and princes to have their weddings in this beautiful nature.

British Graveyards

Somehow graveyards always impress me.  I feel they tell so much about culture.  I was very surprised at the sight of these graveyards, were they so different from the ones I know in Germany or Japan.  The tombstones almost falling over~I always thought that this was just an image created for Halloween posters.  Now I saw they really are looking like this, on the other hand I was pleased how warm and not at all scary these graveyards felt.

Not on purpose, but somehow I happened to play hide and seek in one of the churches.  

For lunch Judy took us to an excellent place at the Wheatsheaf.  It felt too nice to sit inside, so we stayed in the garden, but it actually got so cold we wrapped up in blankets.
Excellent service here:  Look, a basket with sunhats and sunscreen for hot days, and lots of Fine lambswool blankets for chilly days like today.

The only surprise I had not been prepared for:
My first half pint of ale~it was luke warm!   And came with no foam.  That is hard for a German Beer Fan.  But, as it was not a hot day, and the taste of the beer was good, I enjoyed even this.