Farewell England

Well, we've left that beautiful country of England and survived 6 days of Charlie driving on the left side of the road. Not too many "toots", but it kept us all on our toes! He did a great job.
We can't access the Internet from our laptop, so we won't be able to post any photos until later. The last stay we had in the UK was in a 14th century farmhouse outside of Salisbury with gorgeous gardens. I'm inspired to do more for my own lot at home, but it would cost too much to water it as much as needed. En route we drove through a torrential downpour which was the only thing that kept us from going inside a massive 'tithe barn' in Bradford-upon-Avon. Oh, that Oak Park should need such a large storehouse! There's a story here that the old priests used to have a method of collecting which may just work...they would tie a rope across the road and if they caught a girl or woman, the men in the family would have to buy them back. (No comments on how much they would fetch).
Another stop we made between rainstorms was to the longest hedge maze in England. The hedges were 10 ft. tall and it took Mary & Jane (winners of the race) 30 minutes to find the center.
Hollywood update: We visited the abbey where they filmed "The Other Boleyn Girl".
Have I mentioned it has been raining? We flew to Warsaw yesterday and were met by our Global Volunteers representative. We'll write more about the camp later, but our lodging is in a 200-yr-old building and the rest of the volunteer team seems wonderful (only three other people besides our family). Last night we turned out the lights to another thunder and lightening storm for added 'atmosphere'. It was hot & humid, but today it must be 15 degrees cooler.
This morning we went to a church service in the local village...all in Polish, of course. We recognized the cadence of the Lord's Prayer and thankfully, 'hallelujah' is universal. The priest never looked up, but we assume he gave a sermon. We miss you, Pastor!