Adventures in Europe #1 Cornwall

We landed on April 29 - just as the Royal Wedding began. Since it was a bank holiday we couldn't get any cash and the only place we found open for breakfast didn't take credit cards.

We had brought about £10 with us so after we paid for parking had less than £8.50 for breakfast. We put all our money on the counter and asked what they could do. We got a nice meal with an extra egg and were on our way!





We had planned on visiting our friends, Anne and Alan Ramsden, who live near Truro in Cornwall. Alan has sung for years with the Cornish shanty group, Rum & Shrub. We met them at the first International Festival of the Sea in 1996 and have stayed in touch ever since. They are great friends and kept us from starving until the banks opened on Tuesday (Monday was a bank holiday, too!)





Besides the incredible breakfasts we walked along the shore, visited the Maritime Museum and the Yacht Club where Alan is the current commodore.