Little America

We traveled about three hours east to the big Royal Air Force base where we also have privileges. There is temporary lodging on the bases and we secured a suite for the five of us with two bedrooms, two bathrooms and a kitchen for about $40 per night which sort of shocked us because that's like 25 British pounds. It was truly Little America. All of the cars were big and all of the shops and food were American. There were even American electrical outlets in the temporary housing. The highlights of the trip were the ability to order sweet iced tea and root beer for dinner - no lie - American style pizza with a lot of pepperoni, watching baseball on TV and seeing a grand slam (go Cubs!). It really is the little things that make us happy. We did a lot of shopping for things like Wii games and another laptop computer because UK Wii games are not compatible with a US Wii and our old computer is on its last legs. When we weren't aimlessly wandering through the aisles and becoming totally overwhemed by the Target store-like atmosphere, we managed to visit Cambridge and Ely during the days. Both cities are gorgeous and I can honestly say we all enjoyed ourselves. The highlight of Cambridge was punting on the River Cam and the highlight of Ely was the cathedral which was the best one we've seen so far. I'll blog about them later.