UK – Friday AM

(26 Oct 2007) So this morning I got up and ordered the “traditional breakfast” in the hotel. It seems the local traditional breakfast is a meatfest … sausage, ham (which they call bacon*), another sausage (blood sausage, kind of gross), eggs … and of course, baked beans and hash browns. (What would breakfast be without baked beans?) Oh, and a small tomato and a grilled mushroom. Not exactly healthy, but it was good. And of course — this being Great Britain — the tea was great.

We then got a tour of Saint Hill Manor, one of the Church of Scientology’s most important locations. Beautiful place, and very interesting…

From there we headed out to the local mall … not terribly different than in the States, but there was a great store there called Lush. It was full of bath stuff that I didn’t need nor care about, but quite beautifully displayed.

Anyway, it’s time to get the tux out of the suitcase, make sure I have all the accessories, that things are clean and not wrinkled, etc … for tonight is the first black-tie event of our weekend here.

*I’ve been kind of confused about the bacon. In the states we have bacon — the crispy strips … and we have Canadian bacon — warm ham. But, if you’re in the UK, “bacon” refers to what we call “Canadian bacon.” So, is Canadian bacon really just British bacon, and we’re being Amero-centric? And if I wanted crispy strips of bacon, would I ask for American bacon? Or is it called something else? Anyway, not a big deal … but if anyone knows the answer, I’d like to hear it.