Oh yes, I wanted to write something generally to our holidays here...
First was of course the left-hand traffic. It was very difficult for us and it needed a lot of concentration to make no mistakes. But we got used to this.
On our way through the land we admired the picturesque villages and houses, the old cottages and country estates, the old casles and the white horses and so on.
The roads here are really good, but a pavement is very rare. And some roads what are in the maps of the land we in germany would name field path. The trees are growing near the roads and in the middle of the road the trees from each site meet each other. It is very romantic sometimes... when you don´t have to drive there with oncoming traffic.
Most of the houses here we in germany wouldn´t want to live in. The standard of electricity, heating, water and so on is very low. The windows are simple-glaced, the front door has only a simple key and I think they aren´t afraid of burglars. But in the most streets you have a neighbourhood-guarding. Most of the elder houses have wooden shutters which can be fold to the side of the windows. This gives the impression of old english gentry. And so is our house. The rooms have a very high ceiling and the doors are white laquered and the doorknobs are really this: Knobs to turn. In each room we have a wall-cupboard. To open the windows we have to push them up. On the walls outside we have rambler roses and many other flowers.
In the towns they have cameras to control the streets. And there are speed-controls all over the land. The people are really friendly and very obliging here. To eat and drink is not really more expensive than in germany, just a little bit. But rent of a flat or house or to buy a house is very expensive. To buy a simple house in a town would cost about 300.000 pound, this is 450.000 euro.
The pubs and inns have very interesting names. They are called "Rose And Crown", "Cross Keys", "King´s Head" and so on. Many houses have their own name here. Just imagine we would name our house. The neighbours would one more time think we are silly...
This shall be enough for today. I am tired now...
