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Really, there are. And I have photos to prove it. As I was reading tour books in preparation for this trip, there was mention of Cornwall being the “Riviera of England”, I thought they were just joking around — like the Welsh with their language.

Well, they’re not. There are actually palm trees here and the scenery is similar to stuff we saw in Hawaii a few years ago. I know, it’s crazy. Everyone settle down. It’s not exactly tropical, but it’s green and lush and filled with palm trees and rainbows. The weather is pretty similar too. It’ll rain a few times an hour, for about five minutes. It’s not even worth taking out an umbrella. They call it “Cornish Liquid Sunshine” here.

We spent a large part of today exploring the towns of Falmouth and St Mawes. We also ate a lot (no really, A LOT) of food and drank decent Cornish beer. By day’s end, we concluded that we had been in five different eating establishments over the course of the day. I’m not quite sure how that happened and I don’t look forward to next month’s Visa bill.

OK, so what’s the best way to look like a stupid American tourist? I found out this afternoon at a cafe in Falmouth when the cafe owner had to pick coins out of my open hand because I couldn’t figure out which ones to give him. That’s amateur stuff there. Bush league. I might as well of had a “Bush/Cheney - 4 more years!” t-shirt on.

OK, enough. We’ll be traveling to Newquay tomorrow to board a Ryanair flight to London, where we’ll meet up with Rich and Jenny. (For those who don’t know, Rich is Jamie’s brother. He likes beer too. Much more than me, even. And he has lots of hair.)

Talk to you more from Londontowne. Cheers.

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