Mersea island is a 45 minutes bike ride from our house. It is a narrow, up and down, but interesting bike ride. Of course, a bike and 2 cars can never pass on a street, so you just hope people will see you and wait in a turn to see if other cars are coming the other way. You can pick apples, pears and berries along the way and the country side is breathtaking. Oh did I tell you that you pass a military base on your way. We actually heard some rifles in full action and a lot of signs saying: Do not touch military equipment as it can explode and kill you. Well well... let's head to the ocean! There was a fare and a boat race that day, so there was some local action going on. Of course Etienne and I were probably the only non local people there, so we tried to blend in as much as possible. I attempted my best impressions of english expressions (in a future blog post I promise), we sat on hay stacks, we ate jack potatoes and toasties (grill cheese) and drank local cider and beer. We even tried to fake it and entered the sailing club like we were members, but we didn't have our Sperry shoes on. Oupsss fail! Etienne was kind enough to bare the dead fish smell to accompany me to try the famous Mersea oysters. Apparently Justin Timberlake only eats West Mersea oyster bar oysters... :) We listened to some local and live musicians (some good and bad...) and waited for the fireworks to start. Since it gets very chilly in the evening and the fireworks weren't starting, we had to head home with the bus. Etienne helped the poor new bus driver to pass throughout the narrow roads of the island and we heard the fireworks from the bus. Ha ha, better luck next time!
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Sista
9/4/2014 10:03:20 am
Shenanigans nous ça autant que possible, c'est trop l'fun de te lire et de pouvoir vous suivre à travers vos aventures! Vous êtes inspirants :)
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I am a 30 year old woman full of life and addicted to any new experiences life can bring. I moved to the UK in 2014 with my husband for his work and I will try my best to describe my journey in my new home as an expat!
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