Day 2: Newbury

Woke up to a traditional English breakfast - fried stuff... There was a sunny-side up, bacon and mushrooms washed down with orange juice. I took the opportunity to write in my diary as I was to tired to pen down anything the previous night.

Did I mention that Luke stayed on a horse farm? His father's a show jumper and now he does more training. So there I was, having a cup of tea and walking around when I glance up from the kitchen and this was his view from the kitchen window!

Imagine my shock to see two people training on horses right in front of me! Well, imagine they're shock to see a strange Asian suddenly pop up at the window, stare at them for awhile then rush to get a camera to snap pictures of them... Haha.

After breakfast, we headed into town to do some shopping and bumming around.

So there I was in HSBC, slumped against a wall waiting talking to Laura while everyone was settling some bank account stuff. Suddenly I heard

"Is that S***y? S***y O**?"

I turn around and OMG, there, right in front of me, in this small town in England - Kristen Khor - the sister of one of my Guiding friends. She's studying in Oxford, but never did I expect to meet her in Newbury! I stood there for absolutely a...g...e...s... with my mouth gaping open! She'd got a job there.

We chatted for awhile before I had to leave.

One of the joys of christmas travel are the wintery christmas scenes and nativity scenes and we came across this one at a shopping centre in Newbury.

There's Laura's shocked expression as they placed some seal cubs in front of a Polar Bear. Haha, this the season of friendship, joy and laughter right?

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