On the road again...

After our time in Bath and checking out Stonehenge we hopped in our adorable little VW (we both loved the zippy little car and it got incredible gas mileage. I'm a fan!) and braved the tiny, winding Cornwall roads. Andrew did an amazing job while I had mini heart attacks every time we came within centimeters of a passing car. I swear I lost a few ours of my life due to the stress ;)

We spent an afternoon in the quaint seaside village of Padstow. This little village had a great harbour and trail out to the sea. It wasn't exactly Cyprus-like weather so we weren't in bathing suits on the beach, but the view was beautiful.

Padstow was oozing with charm and proved to be a great afternoon stop on our Cornwall adventure.

Like any good fishing port, Padstow also has an old church up on the hill. The church of St Petroc was built in the early 16th century and today has an eerie but beautiful cemetery surrounding it.

At this point in our journey Andrew actually got extremely ill, the storm clouds rolled in and we were in desperate search for a B&B to hunker down at for the night. We finally founds a B&B just when I didn't think Andrew could drive a mile further - thank goodness there was room at the inn. We got in bed at about 4:30pm and didn't get up until breakfast the next morning. Luckily, Andrew felt much better after 16 hours of sleep and was ready for The Eden Project. What's The Eden Project you ask? Take a look below...

In 2001 The Eden Project was opened to the public and became the largest greenhouse in the world. The project was built on a reclaimed clay pit and today houses thousands and thousands of different plant species. The biome on the left is a tropical environment and one on the right a Mediterranean environment.

Outside of the biomes are walking paths through gardens and sculpture and inside an incredible 1+ hour walk through 4 acres of tropics and 2 acres of arid plants. The photo in the bottom right of the collage was taken from a viewing platform at the tom of the Tropics biome looking down on full sized tree and vegetation. It gives you a sense for just how large the biome actually is. 

Seed Sculpture at the project - carved from a single piece of granite weighing 167 tonnes.

Amazingly the sun did come out that afternoon. The bees were buzzing and we were smiling :)

The Eden Project was recommended to us by some of my UK colleagues and it definitely did not disappoint!