Different Decade. Different Century.

Jeff and I enjoyed a "lazy" weekend. After our trip to Rome and our lovely visitor [That post to come soon], we were pretty tired and still recovering from the trip. We grabbed some Domino's, watched some Dexter, and hung around our flat. On Saturday we went to our local library to sign up for library cards. They looked as us pretty funny when we brought mail to prove our address. If only we could have read their minds...I'm sure they thought we were crazy. We also have a higher appreciation for our amazing libraries back in the States. We were in awe thinking about the Indianapolis Central Library, not only because it is beautiful, but how many book options available. We weren't overly impressed with the facility and book selection. Of the 9 books I was looking for, I only found 1. I guess one is better than none! Jeff said the facility reminded him of his hometown library...when he was a kid. If that gives you any idea of what we're talking about. Decade: 90's.

Yesterday was an odd day. We looked out our window to see massive lines of people outside of the Nottingham Playhouse. We immediately thought we were missing out on an event we needed to be a part of. Little did we know, it was "Em Con" aka "Gen Con". It was insane how many people were standing in line, definitely hundreds. Most of which were in some sort of costume. Not sure if you can truly tell in the picture below, but I tried! The cars from transformers were outside the playhouse, and we were able to see them later on once everyone was gone.

  

Later in the day, we ventured out to Hardwick Hall which was only about 20-30 minutes away. This was a great afternoon trip to see a beautiful mansion built in the late 1500's. We were able to listen to an extremely boring speech from this lady. We were hoping to learn about the features and uses of the house, instead we were given a long lecture on who lived in the house. Names were brought up that we "should know" according to the speaker. Twenty-five minutes later we were able to explore the house and gardens. I really enjoyed this visit because the rooms were still set up as if someone lived there. All ~9 bedrooms still had the beds with the canopies above them. Each room was decorated extremely well, ritzy, and posh (Here's your newest English vocabulary word...use it!) The dining room was my favorite. I just can't imagine having dinner parties like this, or at all.

  

And you just can't forget the sheep...they are everywhere! We pulled over as we were driving out of the estate and this sheep was super close to the road. Within the field there were hundreds of sheep, including the babies! So cute.

Watch out world...Jeff has started Tweeting about our adventures!