Brent’s parents arrived on June 17th at the Manchester Airport. We went to meet them and took a hired car back to Leeds. It was interesting to see England through the eyes of others as it marks for us how far we’ve come since we’ve been here. They were really interested in the scenery and the architecture. Apparently, they are both quite different from home. We had forgotten this since, frankly, it’s been awhile since we were home. It was also quite funny that, notwithstanding that everyone here speaks English, my parents couldn’t understand what some people were saying. Fast-talking Brits with heavy accents that work in the service industry are a disaster. But for us, the gibberish seems to get through – no interpreter required.
We fed them when they arrived and they napped for about three hours and Beth made us all a great dinner. All in all a pretty good first day for them in England. For the next couple of days we showed them Leeds and York (which is probably the big highlight in this area of England).
