Cornwall

Oh Cornwall. We really tried to enjoy Cornwall but it didn't really work. Maybe we'll get a chance for a re-do? Probably not. We spent a whole weekend down in the Southwestern tip of England- very promising with beaches and pasties and a cottage to ourselves. However we all got sick before the trip- and Truman had the worst of it! I have never seen him so sick, lethargic and feverish and uninterested in being outside. The first day was okay but then it was downhill from there. He was happy to sleep in the car so most of the weekend was spent driving to places and then Vinny and I would take turns getting out and looking around. Luckily our accommodation was very cosy- so we came home early most days and were able to just relax and take care of our bubba.

The first day was spent at a place called the Eden Project- big futuristic biomes where they grow vegetation from different climate regions. They had a great play area for Truman- which he loved. And we were able to learn quite a bit about the Mediterranean and Tropical climate regions. Most of which we have now forgotten but maybe some pictures will jog our memories....

Play time!

A sculpture made of electronic waste

Mediterranean Region- The only tidbit I really remember about the Mediterranean is that all of the landscape in the Mediterranean is man-made. So there isn't any land in the Mediterranean that has naturally evolved to what it is today- pretty much all of the vegetation has been put there by humans. 

Rainforest Biome- It was so so hot in here but I guess that's what it takes to create some beautiful trees. This is the largest domesticated Rainforest in the world. They have a very rare coco-de-mer tree whose seeds are the world's largest and highly prized.

This is inside a giant bubble! Quite pretty

The next day we went to Land's End, got a peak of St. Michael's Mount, drove through a peninsula called "The Lizard" and had some traditional Cornish Pasties. We finished the day at a beach near our accommodations in Newquay (pronounced New-key) which was beautiful.

Sad

Sadder

Saddest

So we decided to take Truman into a doctor in hopes that they could provide him with some relief and get him doing better on our final day of the trip. It being a weekend our only option was an E.R. so we took him super early Sunday morning thinking they could get us in quick. If you are ever in the U.K. never ever ever ever EVER go to an emergency room. Unless you are dying. Even then you're probably better off waiting until Monday morning and calling a surgery (that's what they call a doctor's office). SIX hours, 2 nurses, and 2 doctors later we were finally diagnosed with an ear infection. They kept apologizing because they were SO busy- but there were only four other people in the waiting room when we arrived so it really doesn't add up. But hey, it was free?

We hit up Tintagel Castle (birthplace of King Arthur) on the way back. Then happily returned to Stroud.