The Coast

I awoke this morning and decided to be adventurous and navigate the metro system. After a quick shower and a bowl of Jordan's Country Crisp, I put on my what would be autumn coat at home but gloriously my winter coat here and walked out the door. Instead of exploring downtown Newcastle, I decided to take the metro east and meander around the coast for the afternoon.
A tiny little girl with blonde curls clutching a doll with her grandma kept grinning at me on the train, so I said "Hello, what's you're name?". She replied in her toddler Jordie accent and I couldn't tell you what her name was for the life of me, but she seemed interested in my accent and came and sat next to me in my tiny seat and kept grinning at me the whole trip. Awkward, but pretty adorable.
The metro dropped be off at a place called Whitley Bay. I don't have my computer or camera cord to post photos, but it was a quaint little seaside shopping area with a big lighthouse. I found this photo on google, but I have an almost identical one that I took so I thought I'd post it for the time being:

I also stopped in a little cafe by the sea and got a £1.60 latte. I can never remember what jargon I'm supposed to use whenever I order coffee anywhere else than Caribou coffee, and apparently "small nonfat latte" didn't register at Whitley Bay. The clerk first asked me to repeat myself, and then said "so...semi skimmed milk will do?" Semi-skimmed I think means 1%, but I suppose it worked.
All in all, it felt good to walk around outside today and to finally start to have the effects of jetlag diminish.

Cheers til later
Karen