Two countries down in 12 days...We are moving right along and arrived in Buxton England on Thursday afternoon to stay with family of Chevhaun's for a few days. Ian, Sue and their son Paul made us feel right at home, spoiled us like crazy and we almost forgot how nice it is to sleep in a real bed and have clean clothes. (Yes we have been in bunkbeds for 12 days and haven't done laundry since we left...dirty birds we are) Buxton is a lovely community of about 20,000 people and is about an hour train ride away from Manchester. Sue took us for a drive to see Chatsworth, home of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire which is a village outside of Buxton. Their estate is amazing and we got to take a look around in some gift shops and have a hot drink in one of the cafes. In England tea time comes about every two hours, so we are constantly sipping on something hot! We also stopped in a place called Bakewell and picked up a few homemade puddings which were delicious. Chevhaun and I toured around central Buxton and saw the Museum, Art Gallery and Opera House, as well as the Pavilion Gardens which is like a bird sanctuary. Check out the strange duck/chicken looking pheasant. On Saturday Ian and Sue took us out to another village called Eyam which during the Bubonic Plague was devastated by disease. It is a well-lived in Village now, but on each house there is an engraving to remember family members who died during the plague. Some houses lost up to 12 family members or more all within days of each other because disease spread so quickly. That evening we watched two reality shows which are pretty well the UK's version of Canadian Idol and Dancing with the Stars...Except now Chevy and I have become addicted to them over here and will now have to be checking the internet to see the status of contestants for the rest of our trip.