Hey everyone, sorry about the late post (it's currently Day 5 right here and we're in the beautiful Oxford!). Right after arriving in Manchester airport, we set off for Lake District and visited poet William Wordsworth's houses. The first house we visited was called Dove Cottage, a small, rather dark cottage where he lived with his wife, sister and children for 9 years. We really wonder how they managed to live in such conditions fo so long! O:
An interesting fact is that they managed (apparently) to keep their food, wine and vegetables fresh for up to 2 weeks in a cool room. We were shocked at the size of their beds and furniture as they were quite tiny. We also visited the garden that Wordsworth landscaped. However, it was not as nice and as large as the one in Rydal Mount, his second house.
After we proceeded to Rydal Mount, where he stayed till his death, we were clearly able to see why he wanted to move there. It was a much larger house where his many children could stay comfortably. The garden was spectacular, with many picturesque scenic views and trails where we could walk. It overlooked the rivers and lakes around the house, and we even sat and lay on the grassy lawns (which was really quite well maintained!).
We also found out that the house has been owned (and is still lived in by) Wordsworth's descendants. (To digress now, the people around us are taking pictures of some spiderlings on the table right next to us. GROSS!) It must be fascinating to know that their ancestor was a famous poet; Yujie finds it really cool that there are also pictures of his descendants on the wall.
After this interesting experience, we took a cruise on the beautiful Lake Windermere, which is England's largest natural, ribbon lake (aka it is long narrow and finger like). The cruise lasted about 30 minutes but it felt much shorter as there were so many things to look at! The geography students were fascinated with the mountain and houses that overlooked the lake. :)
Dinner was at one of England's famous pub houses. We each had three different types of meat (turkey, beef or pork) and we could try the different types of sauces (eg. brown sauce) meant for each type of meat. We also stuffed ourselves with the wonderfully sweet and rich desserts! Lovely, yum yum!
Annnnnnd that concludes our post for Day 2.
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