Yesterday I introduced my daughter to the classics! For a very long time I have wanted to go to Jane Austen's house and yesterday it happened. We bundled into the car and drove to Chawton where the house is. It was a beautiful picturesque village with sweet thatched houses. Being in her house made me love the books she wrote even more. Having read all of them and to see the little table that she sat at to write them made me feel that much closer to her - as weird as that sounds - to see where a favourite author of yours lived really seems to create emotions you are not aware could come out. Daniella was an angel the whole way round - she loved the garden, a real English country garden and seemed to sense that this was a special occasion for me and she just watched the people walking around us and looked at all the things. We ended the visit with tea at the sweet little tea shop across the road named after Jane's sister, Cassandra.
It was simply lovely!
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