UK 2009 Recap - Pastys

On our first few days of our England trip, we had a number of Pastys - they were delish! It's the same concept as a Hot Pocket except it's less streamlined, better dough, and so much better because you're in England eating it. Ryan and I joked that our three favorite Ps from our travels were...Pastys, Pasticcini, and Pasta. (The middle one are the cute little delightful treats you get at a Cappuccino bar in Venice.)

In Salisbury, they weren't quite the rough-and-tumble Pastys that sneak up from Cornwall. They were more delicate pastrys on the outside but hearty fillings on the inside. We stopped into "Reeve the Baker" which makes these goodies fresh - and they call them Wiltshire Pastys.


"Ryan hamming it up in Salisbury."


"The trick is to make sure as much filling goes in your mouth than down on the plate...because Miner's didn't have plates."

With a hearty meal in our stomach, we continued our graze through Salisbury. Their cathedral celebrated its 750th anniversary last year and was full of interesting facts...it has the oldest working medieval clock in the world. (You know we just love clock facts...read back when we went to the Deutches Uhren Museum.)



At about this moment, I think we both realized we were in a special part of the world. Centuries of amazing history, roots and body of a huge culture that extended to our own, gobs of experiences that just needed to be grabbed.



After a quick nap, of course. Before we got too far, Ryan dozed on a bench while I adored the swift moving clouds, the greenness of the Bishop's Close, squatty colorful doors, crows in trees, kids in school uniforms, narrow streets, corgies galore...This is England!

Tschüß!!