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Thursday July 7 – We woke up and headed to Matt’s grandmother, Beryl’s, \u00a0house to hang out with the fam. \u00a0Several of his cousins were stopping by with their kids and then we were going to take Beryl out to lunch for her birthday. \u00a0She turned 90 on the 16th.<\/p>\n

While we were there, I got a message from my mom saying my grandmother had passed away. \u00a0We were prepared for this and I figured it would probably happen while we were on our trip. \u00a0Matt and I took a little walk around the neighborhood so I could chat with mom and get a few more details and collect myself. \u00a0While I wasn’t close to my grandmother, not in recent years, I was still sad.<\/p>\n

Once we got back to the house, it was about time to head to lunch so we took Beryl to one of her favorite restaurants, the Black Horse<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While we were in Reigate, I asked if we could check out a few antique stores. \u00a0I figured I could find something much cooler than your average tourist souvenir. \u00a0So after lunch we drove over to Dorking to check out the antiques. \u00a0While I didn’t see anything crazy, I did find some old glass picture slides so I bought a few of those. \u00a0I figured they were small and would be easy to carry on.<\/p>\n

Friday July 8 – We went to Heaver Castle<\/a> for the day. \u00a0This was the childhood home of Ann Boleyn. \u00a0The grounds were beautiful, it was a nice place to spend the day. \u00a0While I spent most of my time with my eye in my camera, Matt spent most of his day looking up. \u00a0Situated near Heathrow and Gatwick, tons of planes were flying over.<\/p>\n

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Taking pics of Malcolm and Steve taking pics.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Flowers for the wedding that was in the afternoon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Beryl and Vala<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Matt, Beryl, and Me (photo courtesy of Steve Edwards)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The castle itself was interesting but you couldn’t take pics of the inside! \u00a0Finally it was time to head back. \u00a0As we were pulling out of our parking spot, we backed into another car. \u00a0Haha, whoops. \u00a0No real damage and everyone was fine.<\/p>\n

That night we had dinner at the Black Horse again, to celebrate Beryl’s birthday. \u00a0It was also our last night to see everyone. \u00a0We had an early flight out of Heathrow and needed to be up around 5:00 am.<\/p>\n

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Thursday July 7 – We woke up and headed to Matt’s grandmother, Beryl’s, \u00a0house to hang out with the fam. \u00a0Several of his cousins were stopping by with their kids and then we were going to take Beryl out to lunch for her birthday. \u00a0She turned 90 on the 16th. While we were there, I got a message from my mom saying my grandmother had passed away. \u00a0We were prepared for this and I figured it would probably happen while…<\/p>\n

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