jane austen's house!

today i took a train to a little town called alton, then walked to chawton, the tiny village in which jane austen lived just before she died. the house was beautiful and the exhibits were interesting, for the most part. after a while the 'this may have been the fork she used' or 'this is the type of piano she probably played' got annoying. but i got to see her writing table! i actually gasped when i saw it.
i walked around chawton for a bit; it's a very pretty rural area with lots of very old houses, with names. it's the first time i've ever seen houses that have names instead of numbers. went across the street for cream tea. i wandered into alton, where there are a lot of cute shops. it was nice to get away from london, where it's so busy and there are so many tourists. alton was so small and laid back.
again, not too happy with the pictures. but it's difficult to get something unique when there aren't many people around.

ps to my faithful readers (hi mom): the link under where it says 'wings twitch' leads to a map of my adventures!!! i just made it and i'm very excited. i'm not good with computers, though, so i haven't figured out how to put the actual map in the blog yet.