Guildford: Beautiful, old, England

It was time for us to move to another place to stay, and that just happened to be the historic little city of Guildford.  On first impression I rather enjoyed the sight of this place.  It was in the middle of some lovely roaming hills spotted with trees, which reminded me strangely of home in Washington..  We met up with the relatives of Hannah's we were going to be staying with and then continued to take a little tour of this lovely place.  We walked up and down the high street (which has one of the only cobble stone high streets in England) which has a nice amount of clothes shopping and also some treats to try someday.  We popped in and out of a few shops and it got about time for some tea, and along with tea we felt like a few treats!

Best tea time ever!

 We went to a place called Bill's (which was apparently haunted along with pretty much every other building around here) where they had a serious afternoon tea offering for about 10 pounds a person.  This is a fair price considering how much they give you!  Every pair of people gets a rack of little desserts and sandwiches, which amounts to 8 assorted finger sandwiches (among the likes of egg and cress, salmon and cream cheese, cucumber, and a ham one I believe), 4 pastries, and two scones with clotted cream and jam (YES).  This was no doubt the best tea time of my life...  I almost forgot to mention that we also drank tea with it of course!

Guildford Castle

 Walking around more of Guildford it is hard to miss the castle that it is known by.  This old place has ruins all over the middle of the town which is characterized by a very quiet and well groomed park.   I really enjoyed this walk through the old place, especially since the weather had finally given way to a little sunlight!

 We went along walking through Guildford for another hour or so before we got back in the car and were brought to another park, very open, very secluded like, and very beautiful.  It was on the slope of a hill which had a great view of not only the city, but you could almost see as far as the sea past the hills.  We strolled along this beautiful place for a good 20 minutes, taking in the quietness of the environment along with a good walk to work off all that we had indulged in during tea.

Up next: London part II!