Last weekend was a very busy weekend for Adam and me. On Saturday we went with Adam's friend Caroline and her son Anders to the ocean. There was a medieval church perched on the edge of the cliff which closed to the public over a hundred years ago. About twenty years ago the choir loft fell into the sea below.
We walked down the steepest stairs (78) I have ever seen in my life. They would never pass inspection in the United States. Once we got down to the ocean, we walked over flint rocks under the white chalky cliffs. It was beautiful. Anders successfully collected about 17 pounds of rocks. Keep in mind that Anders is 6, and was quite insistent that he was bringing all the rocks home with him. He was covered in chalk by the time we got him to the car. It was beautiful! I found a very cool rock which had a hole in it. If my bag doesn't weigh a million pounds then I plan on bringing it home and using it as a very small pot!
On Sunday, Adam and I woke up early and took the train out of the city to a very small town, where we were picked up by Niels, one of the owners of the bicycle shop. He took us to a farm to make apple cider. It was a very cool operation. The apple cider was delicious and tasted so good coming out of the pasteurizing machine. We drank our two bottles in a few days and now are looking longingly at the empty bottles sitting by our heater. It was a very cool area. The farm is part of a boarding school which is set right next to the ocean. There are about 9 horses on the property, they seemed very interested in the apples that we were using to make cider. Two of them sat very patiently for the bad ones to be tossed into their enclosure. We tried to walk down to the ocean, but the wind was blowing so hard that you could lean into it, and still stand up.
It was a very busy weekend, but one that we won't forget!
(as always, more pics at http://picasaweb.google.com/freebs429)
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