Did you know there are 35 Bristols in the World?

There are and most are in the US but this Bristol in England is the original all the others were named to honor it, at least that is what Wikipedia says.  So I've been in Bristol for 2 full days now.  We got here on Saturday afternoon but after all the walking we had done we felt like just staying in and resting.  Sunday I went to church here with Scott.  The ward is pretty small here and the chapel is in kind of a bad part of town.  It was a pretty good service.

So yesterday was Mother's Day and Matt got to make his last phone call home.  I got to talk to him for a few minutes here at about 1 AM but the connection wasn't very good so my parents decided to give up on the conference call thing.  Oh by the way, in England they do have Mother's Day but it is the first Sunday in March and in Hungary it is the first Sunday in May not the second like the US.  I guess all the countries just haven't been able to agree on a standard date for it.  Well today I went and saw a few museums here in town.  The first place was an old house called the Red Lodge that had some old oak siding in three rooms upstairs.  The second place was an art exhibit put on by a group that calls themselves the Bristol Savages.  I couldn't tell if they actually do have any relation to Indians (err Native Americans) or not.  The art there is stuff that I think they may be trying to sell, not sure.  The third place was the Bristol City Museum and Art gallery.  That was actually pretty cool.  They had an Egyptian exhibit downstairs that was OK but upstairs they had some really cool artwork.  After spending some time there I made my way back so I could call home since I missed out last night.

After my call home I headed out again to check out the Bristol Suspension Bridge.  This is a bridge started back in 1830 but not finished until the 1860's.  It's really quite breath taking.   i would post a picture but when I walked back out I left my camera so I will be going back there tomorrow with my camera to get some good shots.  I walked around in that area some more afterwards using a little walking guide that pointed out some interesting things about the town.  There are quite a few really old buildings here.  Many date back 200 years or more.  When I got back home Scott and I went to the store and then to the gym that he works at for a little bit.  That's pretty much my day.  I'm not quite sure yet what I'll do tomorrow but I will definitely bring my camera and get some bridge shots.  Have a goodnight!