Off The Record With Debbie And Tony

The View From Both Sides Of The Pond

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Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Birthday
October 11
Bio
Tony Payne is a freelance writer who lives on the South Coast of England with his wife Debbie. He has worked in the IT Industry all his life, and has been writing on various sites for the last 10 years. Tony has traveled extensively, both for business and leisure, and has lived in New Zealand and the USA as well as his native England. He enjoys writing about many different topics, often writing about something that grabs him impulsively at the time. Ancient History and Humor are just two diverse topics that he has a passion for, and he also likes to write about his travel experiences and to share his love of photography. Tony would love to write a book one day, but so far the closest that he has come to finding a topic is an autobiography. He is not confident that there is a large enough audience for a 12 volume book entitled "I Only Wanted A Simple Life".

JANUARY 3, 2009 5:25PM

My Last Day In England

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And so the last two weeks of my holiday with Debbie come to an end, and tomorrow I am off to the airport and head back to Florida.

The temperature the last few days has been bitterly cold, and although it got up to 4C (39F) today and the skies were clear and blue, it was just purely and simply C-O-L-D.

Since is was nice and bright today, we headed out to Arundel, a small town in Sussex, close to the South Coast of England and only an hour away.   Arundel is an olde worlde town, with an impressive castle and church, a river running through, and lots of old buildings turned into little cafe's and antique shops.    I will add more when I get back to Florida, since I don't have time now, but here is a sample of the photos we took today.

Arundel Castle

On the way home we dropped into Tesco, the largest superkarket chain in England, to get some "real" Cheddar Cheese to bring home, and also some CDM Ice Cream as a treat for our last evening together.    Got home, ordered a Chinese takeout, since the Chinese food in England tastes more authentic than you find in most restaurants in the USA.  It's not that I don't like the Chinese food in the USA, I do, however over here it's just so much tastier.  Debbie ordered her favourite - Chicken Curry.  I ordered Chicken with Ginger and Spring Onions, which came as I had hoped with large lumps of Ginger - yummy...   Oh yes - CDM Ice Cream.   For I would imagine 100% of the people living in England, they know what CDM stands for, but for anyone who doesn't, it's Cadbury's Dairy Milk.  CDM is the best chocolate in the world.  It's the creamiest, yummiest, just mmm mmm mmm!   So having eaten the Chinese, I packed my case (half empty since I am leaving some clothes here and don't have to take back all the presents I brought either), and then we sat down to a large bowl of ice cream, which was simply out of this world.    Yes - we both start our diets on Monday - we both put on a few pounds over the holidays, but you know, holidays are to be enjoyed, and you can't do that by ignoring good food and drink.

Well that's all from me until I get back to Florida.

Debbie and I hope you enjoy and new blog, and if you do, please pass it on to your family and friends if you think that they would like it too.
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