Just Beachy

June 12th - Saturday - Day 20

Everyday you learn something new. well today i learned that England doesn't have sandy beaches. they have rocky ones. and the water is COLD but clear, and it was awesome! if you couldn't guess we went to the beach today. well we traveled south to Portsmouth Harbor and took a Ferry to the Isle of Wight to visit the Dimbola Lodge in Freshwater. 2 fun facts about this Isle, one is that Jimi Hendrix played his last UK gig at the Isle of Wright Festival in 1970, a fortnight before he passed on, and this year marks the 40th anniversary of his death. and the Dimbola Lodge had a statue of the rock star in the front strikeing his usual pose with a guitar. The Dimbola Lodge is the home of the late Julia Margaret Cameron, who was the first female photographer and one of the firsts to use it as a fine art medium in stead of a documentary tool. She got her first camera at the age of 48 for her birthday from her kids, and almost instantly fell in love. We went to the Dimbola to see some of her work, where she lived and her darkroom.

After we visited and had some lunch, where i broke a chair go me, i walked down to the beach to put my toes in the water. and it was so cold! but cool! i collected some rocks and one sea shell from the beach. we took some photos and goofed around. after we got on the bus and headed back to the ferry. I realized that on this trip we have ridden in every type of mass transportation possible, Planes, train, trams, subways, vans, taxi cars, bus, double becker bus and now ferries! lol.

over all we had a great day! my feet are killing me and my ankle is so swollen but i chugged lots of water so i hope that helps. we will see! tomorrow is a free day again and i think i am going to go to white chapel and walk around on the same streets that jack killed his victims i might take a walking tour, we will see :)

Love,
Natasha