Despite the cloudy skies and gusting winds, Cornwall has been a quite enjoyable and relaxing holiday! Over the last week we have had loads of fun with more family members than I can count. Last weekend we were thrown a huge garden party complete with fantastic appetizers, burgers, sausages, many veggie options and salads, and some of the finest carrot cake! The night ended with a bang, literally, when Paul lit off an entire box of fireworks. And when I say a box, I mean he just lit the whole box on fire as we all took cover!!
The rest of the week was spent body surfing on the beautiful yellow sand beaches, going for some long coastal walks (hopefully more of those to come) and eating countless fantastic local foods, including pain de chocolate, clotted cream fudge, Cornish pasties, fish 'n' chips, and my very first "cream tea". Ben's grandma Rosalind was kind enough to teach us the proper rules of croquet, and then treated each of us to cream tea. This included tea with milk and sugar, a fresh baked heart-shaped scone with fresh clotted cream and strawberry jam. And that, by far, is my new favorite thing about visiting Cornwall.
Cream Tea is your new fav eh? Wouldn't have guessed it.... NOT!
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