Giants and Pirates

Saturday dawned clear and bright. It seemed the perfect opportunity to go adventuring. My fabulous friends decided to take me to see some of the hills and countryside where that amazingly wonderful film, The Princess Bride was filmed. Yay!

The hike was beautiful. Derbyshire has some truly breathtaking landscapes. We were up in the hills, so we stopped now and then to take in the view. It was astounding... Then, suddenly, we saw it... The big rock where the Dread Pirate Roberts (aka Wesley) defeated the giant... I must admit that I squealed... It was a lovely morning. Truly lovely. Fresh air, gorgeous views, scenes and quotes from favorite movies, and delightful people. A fantastic day...

The afternoon and evening were spent around home. Mairi was baking, so my stomach was constantly growling from the delicious aromas drifting out of the kitchen... At 6:20 exactly, I saw my first episode of Dr. Who... Now I know what all the fuss is about. I really enjoyed it!

Easter Sunday was sunny too. I rode with Mairi to church at North East Derbyshire Christian Fellowship, or NEDCF. A wonderful and welcoming place. I got a lot of, "Kelina? From America? Oh! THAT Kelina!" :) It made me smile. I was VERY excited to meet Kara. She is a very good friend of my friend Ben. She and I had connected on facebook ages ago, and were rather anxious to meet for real. She is lovely! We were talking like old friends in no time. :)

After church we had a delicious chicken dinner and lazed around on couches for a few hours. The evening was to be spent first at this church called Sanctum, then out at a pub called The Poets. Sanctum was where I would be meeting James, anther of Ben's friends who had become a friend of mine via facebook and twitter. Then all four of us were going to the pub.

Sanctum was my first experience with a C of E church... It's nothing like the stereotype. For one thing, the vicar, Mark, has a nose ring and a mohawk. For another, the worship service was more like a hard rock concert. I loved it.

At The Poets after, James and I also agreed that we both thought the other looked very like their picture, but less flat. We had a blast last night... Well, I guess I can only speak for myself, and I did have a blast. :)

Until James broke my heart... :) haha