Deer Park, Wollaton Hall and ASDA

Wollaton Hall

One of the first places we visited was Wollaton Hall and Deer Park.  It is located about 2 miles from our home.  The main house that sits on the 500 acre estate is called Wollaton Hall.  Wollaton Hall was built between 1580 and 1588 for Sir Francis Willoughby.  It is said to have been paid for with coal from the Wollaton pits owned by Willoughby.  It is now a national history museum.

Front of Wollaton Hall

Back of Wollaton Hall

View of Wollaton Hall from the lake on the estate.  

There are walking trails around the lake.

Deer Park

Deer park is basically the grounds of Wollaton Hall.  It is called Deer Park because of all the deer that live there.  I loved this place because there were deer and other animals just walking around with the humans like we are not even there.  The animals I saw were...

Deer

Ducks

Swans

The ugly duckling(who is very cute)

And a goose who walked right up to me

ASDA

Right after we visited Wollaton Hall and Deer Park, I went to ASDA.  ASDA is a grocery store that has everything but the moon, and Root Beer.  It is located about 1 mile from my home.

My House and the Student's Flat

My House

This is my house for a year.  In this neighborhood, all of the houses look almost exactly the same.  If you're having trouble picturing this, just think of the Harry Potter movies.

Now I will take you inside the house for a quick tour.

This is my room.  This is the biggest bedroom in our flat and has two small beds, a desk, and a dresser.

This is my parents bedroom.  It has one large bed and two dressers.

This is the one and only bathroom in the house. It has everything that's in a normal bathroom except for a shower.  The shower is in a different room and is so small I couldn't even take a picture of it.

This is the office my dad uses for work.

This is the kitchen which has a washing machine for clothes, a gas stove, a very small fridge which is under the counter, and a microwave.

This is the dining room.

This is the living room which has a TV, fireplace, 3 chairs, and a couch.

The view while washing dishes is lovely.

This is the backyard which you can see from the kitchen window.

I am now finished with the tour of my new house.  I hope you enjoyed it.

The Student Flat 

This is the student flat. It's actually a church but years ago the paster of the church lived upstairs where the students now live.

Let me give you a quick tour of the student's flat.

This is the student's living room which has 2 couches, 4 chairs, a TV, and a book and movie shelf.  It also has a table for eating.

This is the kitchen which has pretty much everything that a normal kitchen would have in it.

This is one of the bedrooms which has two sets of bunk beds, a desk, and closets.  I won't show you the others because they are all identical.  The students aren't here yet, but they will be coming in August.

This is the front entrance where you can either go to the church or up the stairs to the place where the students will be living.

We have come to the end of the tour of the flat.  Are there any questions?  No.... awesome!

On My Way to England

Hello.

My name is Rylea and this is my blog to chronicle my year living in England.

As I left  the Minneapolis Airport I realized this could be the last time I was in the US for a year.

After a quick stop in Iceland, it's on to London.

It took 6 hours to get to Iceland and 3 more hours to get to London.  I was very exited when we arrived in London.  When we got out of the airport, we had to have someone drive us to Nottingham because in England people drive on the left side of the road.  Unfortunately, I was so tired I slept the whole way to Nottingham.