This past weekend we had a few chances to explore the town that's only about 10 minutes away, Grantham. It has the nearest grocery store and supermarket. It's a cute little town and it has a market on Saturday mornings that has lots of fresh food and old books. It's so much fun. After having gone in Friday night to see the night life, we knew our way around for the most part. We had to ask a local at the market for instructions to ASDA, the British Walmart, but otherwise we made our way around quite easily getting to see the city. ASDA is basically Walmart only British. So the clothes are adorable, the food is different, and they don't accept American credit cards. The cards here have chips in them and since we have to swipe our credit cards, we have to ask the cashier to do so. So far people have had quiet the trouble figuring out how to do it. But we still end up getting our goods so it's quite alright.
Friday night we went into Grantham we experienced the night life. We started at a pub called the Goose and found it rather fun. It was lively and there were people of all ages. Then we went to this place called the Cameleon that a local lead us to. It was weird. It was a bunch of 50 something year olds dancing to old American music and then some swing dancing happened. We left rather quickly just staying for a dance or two and moving onto a club atmosphere. We danced for a few songs at Gravity, a dance club, but they started playing weird and unknown music. Then we just crossed the street to another club and were in there for about 3 minutes before we ran out from the smoke machines. It was crazy but altogether fun because we got to figure out the town. It's weird being legal here - we got carded to get into the clubs and we felt cool. We just wanted to dance and experience the night. Saturday night after a long day of going into town, waiting for lunch and dinner, we were all dead tired. So I went to bed but that only lasted for 15 minutes. Then I went for a walk with friends. We walked to the pub at the end of the road just to see if it was worth the while. It really wasn't. It closed at 11pm and we got there at 10:30 pm so we just sat and enjoyed the calm atmosphere. We were able to get ice in our drinks which was a nice treat because most places here don't serve ice.
Today though, I ventured into town to get some snacks. Almost every store here has a Free From section that is gluten free and sometimes dairy free. I found some really cheap snacks and was really happy! Like chocolate I can have and some cookies. I'm so glad. I can take some with me for our weekend trip to London. I still have to pack up though.
I barely was able to keep myself from going crazy in the stationary store that was right next to the grocery store. They had an amazing selection of pens and Monsters University things. I'm so excited to go back!!!! I got stickers to decorate things and send to people! Time to pack for London and decorate with my stickers. I can't believe in less than 24 hours I'll be in London.
Bise Bise
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