Day 6 & 7 (7/3 & 7/4/16)

Day 6
We just hung out and had a lazy morning in the hotel.  Then we headed to Asda to pick-up some items.  We have to remember to bring our own bags.  They charge £0.15 here for plastic bags.  And to think I thought $0.05 in the US was bad.  After that we headed to Exeter to have an early 4th of July BBQ with some other Coastie & Navy families in the area.  The kids had a blast playing and the parents had a great time getting to know new friends.

Day 7
Of course, there is nothing happening here for Independence Day. Rightly so, since it is a day we celebrate in the US as a day we officially succeeded from the British government.

**Note: My goal is to keep the blog real.....so I am going to post this next part in order to adhere to that goal although I am embarrassed by it and would prefer to keep it to myself.

We returned the rental car today. That required both Ron and I to drive in separate cars until we reached the rental place.  On the way, I hit a parked car.  Yes, you read that right, a parked car.  I know I have always wondered how that is possible and now I know.  Because I am used to driving on the left side of the car and keeping a cushion on the right side, I still have the tendency to keep a cushion on the right instead of the left like I need to.  I was following Ron and some people started to cross the street in front of me, so I slowed down and drifted to the left, hitting a parked Land Rover.  I was totally mortified.  Ron saw it in his mirror and parked, while I pulled over at the closest spot possible.  Ron went and inspected the other vehicle and much to my relief there was no damage to it.  The only damage to our car was a scraped left side mirror where it rubbed the other vehicle as it folded in and the rim was scuffed from brushing against the wheel of the other vehicle.  It was really the best outcome for a bad situation.  Needless to say this didn't help my already existing insecurities about driving here.

We had lunch at a restaurant called Beefeater.  Ron and I both had the fish and chips which were really good.  We headed to the hotel to do some laundry while waiting for our house viewing appointment.  Unfortunately the letting agent had to cancel our appointment, so that will happen another day.  We had dinner downstairs at the Fishbone.  We tried the sticky toffee pudding for dessert.  It was really yummy.  It is a dark sponge cake with warm toffee sauce poured over it and served with either ice cream, custard, or cream, we opted for ice cream which was a great compliment to it.