Day 50: Friday
Last full day on the Isle of Wight because tomorrow we move to Poole to Elli’s grandparent’s where internet usage will be sparse because I’ll have to go to the library for it. I slept in until about 11am, read Pride and Prejudice for a bit, went downstairs for tea, and Elli was figuring out our travel plans for getting to Poole and to London and to France. I looked up hostels in Paris, but didn’t find anything promising. Finally we decided to go up to the co-op to get mayo so we could make egg sandwiches for breakfast/lunch. When we got back, we made the sandwiches and ate while we watched a bit of the Tour de France. I found out I’m going to be in Paris during the finish! I also found a hostel that I liked, and accidentally booked it for 5 nights instead of 3, but oh well, I can always change it. Then Elli and I decided to walk to Newport to get postcards. It is a short walk along adorable very English roads, and we wandered around the town for a while until we found a little candy shop that had some postcards. Then we wandered around Newport for a while, and it was very English and very adorable. We decided to go into a card shop and spent a lot of time looking at funny cards, and I bought one for my parents’ anniversary because it says “mum and dad” on it. We also found a grocery store called Iceland, so we went in just for shits and giggles. Then we finally decided to walk back toward Carisbrooke, but we stopped to have a look at Carisbrooke church and wander around the graveyard before we made it home. We sat around the house for a while before dinner, which was potatoes and burgers and leftover cauliflower cheese. After dinner I went down to the Eight Bells pub with Elli and her parents and I had a Strongbow cider. Then we finished packing and I talked to Jordan, Mike, and Krista on facebook until 3 in the morning. Finally I decided I needed to go to bed because I had to get up in 4-5 hours.
