Leicester

We slept in this morning and checked out around 9:30 then had our last breakfast at the hostel. We took the underground to King’s Cross and had a cup of coffee and waited in St. Pancras International for our 12:15 on Midlands Rail.

 

This got us to Leicester (pronounced Lestar, got this wrong so many times) around 1:30 where Karen met us at the station and took us to Michael’s apartment. We were so excited to see her!!! Michael lives in Horizon apartment complex on the 11^th floor. Karen made us some soup and bread for a light lunch. Michael was very friendly and talked to us while Karen got ready to go to her mum’s. He works in the British military in Plymouth south of London and has taken several tours in Afghanistan and Iraq. He insisted we have some proper tea and made us some before we left for Coalville. We headed to Karen’s mum’s home were we met Sue, her mother, Steven, her brother, and Bob, her step-dad. After getting settled, we had a really lovely dinner of Christmas leftovers and Bailey’s. It was quite nice to be in a home and just getting to relax in the family atmosphere. Also it was my 20^th birthday today!