Visiting our "Geordies" in Sunderland

We got to experience a “Bacon Butty” at the café just down the street from Jean and Gordon’s house. Interesting the difference in bacon –from the U.S. thin strips to the Aussie slabs, to Canada’s round, boring slices – to the UK- somewhere in between them all.
We walked through the local neighborhood – John got a haircut and we got to meet Jean’s good friend, Sylvia.

When we got back, we got the full tour of Sunderland – seeing the little burgh of Hylton where Jean grew up, stopping at the National Glass Museum with the very strange all glass ceiling- that you walk on. It doesn’t sound so bizarre, but the ceiling is several stories up and you can see clear through to the people having coffee in the café.

We coerced Jean and Gordon to take us to the pub where they first met- the Three Horse Shoe pub.

Then, we had to end the evening with a stop at one of their favorite local hangouts- the Chester Pub – with some great people watching.