The Great British Arrival 🇬🇧
Wayyyy before we arrived in Grantham, we had such a time getting into the UK cause of several snaffus, mostly because of the veterinarian, whom we went to in France for Kai's pet passport. In his passport, Dr. Tre-Hardy put the date that she completed his passport and NOT the date that he had his microchip implanted, which is what she was supposed to do. And because of this screw up, when we went to check Kai into the passport check, one of the employees had told me in a mix of broken english and french, that we would have hat to go back to the original doctor and have her change the passport date herself. But, that in itself was a major issue because we were in Calais and Dr.Tre-Hardy was an 8 hour drive back to Tarbes, in southern France. Oi vey! At this point, my family and I were so so so tired and worn from waking up at 5:30 am for our journey to the UK. And so, we thankfully got a recommendation of a second veterinarian to go get a second passport, as we couldn't use the first one. The second veterinarian was so so so accommodating and so helpful. She legit deals with pet passport issues all the time and being 5 minutes away from the Eurotunnel really helps all the anxious travelers with pets.
After that debacle was solved and Kai was successfully checked in with us, we got stopped by border control because of the date on my student visa. When you are issued a student visa for the UK, you can only enter the country on the date that the visa starts and no earlier, which mine started on September 1. So, while my parents could enter on regular tourist visas (valid for 6 months), I could come into the country until the weekend and fly out of the UK and come back on the day that my visa started. Luckily, I still had on hand a bank letter and the email with my CAS details that the University sent me. These documents showed the customs officer that I am actually a student at a British university and so he let me into the country with a visitors visa, on the condition that I would get my BRP (Biometric Residence Permit) card as soon as I'm able to. Problem 2 solved.
After all the comotion, landed in the UK and drove to Grantham, England. Grantham is a little town about 3 hours north east of London, a perfect spot for 4 weary travelers to rest. The next day after sucessfully getting UK phone service and delicious indian food, we set north to Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
In Newcastle, we stayed at a wonderful hotel across from the Newcastle football stadium called the Sandman. After several hours of driving what's the first thing I can think of getting? Food. Because we had Kai (our dog) with us, we needed a dog friendly spot and so with the help of the local tourism board's website, we found an awesome place called The Town Wall on Rose Street. From opening till 7 pm, dogs are allowed in the restaurant itself. For £9.95 on sundays, you can get a traditional roast which includes a roast meat, Yorkhire pudding, salad and roasted veggies. It was so so so so so good!
After a successful meal, we hit the hay with full bellies and are now in Edinburgh after a pleasant 3 hour drive from Newcastle. We are finally in Scotland and on the last leg before I go to Uni in 4 days!
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