Warwick

Part of Warwick Castle

The hidden tower

Babah was away for a week. He was on long day oncall. I think Sarah missed him a lot. Especially because all three of us just stayed at home the whole week. To make it worse, I didn't let her play outside in the backyard. (For one, she didn't ask to play outside) Mainly because the construction work by our next door neighbour. I was worried if the slates or bricks fell in our side and hit the children.

On Thursday, both kids must have caught some kind of virus. Amar didn't sleep well with blocked nose. Sarah batuk. But despite the illnesses, both were still able to play as usual. Only Amar had problems to sleep properly.

When Babah came back from his shift, both Sarah and Amar were so happy. Sarah laid out a must do plan over the weekend.

1. Nak ah-kim. (ice cream)
   
2. Nak gi Anels. (McDonalds)
3. Nak gi abaks. (Starbucks)
4. Ah-Ko (Tesco)
5. Nok Ducks (Tengok ducks)

So far, we have given her an ice cream, Babah took her to Starbucks and I have taken her to Tesco. This morning, she woke up and said,

"Sagha nak gi Anels rasa."

So we thought of going to Warwick Castle (I've been hinting to go there many times, so finally...!!!) and have lunch at McDonalds.

We reached Warwick Castle without much problem, except for Amar accidentally muntah in the car after his bottle of milk.

We had to walk uphill to get to the castle. It was clearly signed, and there were some benches for those who need to take a rest.

Not even half way up, we saw this purple flower that reminded me of Bunga raya. Babah was busy snapping photos. When Sarah suddenly said 'Asuk' (Busuk) and gave a loud burp and muntah. Oh dear!

Poor kids, and poor Babah thought it was his driving that made them sick!

The castle must be on a very huge ground as we couldn't see it at all. It was well hidden! But we could see between the ancient trees and fences of tall plants that there was a beautiful garden with fountain.

After a 5-10 minutes walk, we reached the entrance. We were greeted by the couple above playing some sort of a guitar and a kompang (ah?) and a knight on a horse and a lady holding leaflets (ah?)

In Babah's account, he has already mentioned that we didn't enter the Castle. We went to the town centre instead, which was only within walking distance.

I just love the architecture of the houses around the castle. Especially the Tudor and Victorian type. Although Warwick is neighbour to Coventry, but one could feel that the atmosphere is definitely different there. I think I like Warwick a lot!!!

We didn't see any McDonalds in the town centre. But there was a Shihan Restaurant with Japanese menu.

Hmmm... must save money.

must save money.

must save money.

We went in for lunch.

The food was of good amount and very well presented. But with all due respect to the Chef, I think Babah's sushi lagi sedap.

This was what Babah had: Salmon teriyaki with rice

I had Yaki Soba with Prawns

Actually I enjoyed the food. Sarah ate quite a lot too. As usual, she sat next to Babah and moved next to me the minute after. This time Amar was sleeping 3/4 of the time we were at the restaurant.

Sarah was eager to use the chopsticks. Although not perfect, she was actually quite good. She managed to grip the food and transferred it into her mouth.

Amar woke up towards the end of our meals. I managed to feed him Babah's salmon teriyaki and rice. These were the faces he gave when he had them.

I can assure you he was not crying. Recently he loves to pull his face that way to make us laugh. (Probably to scare the girls away, huh Uncle Pycno?) Just imagine he put a straight face, and suddenly open his mouth widely. And serious straight face again. And nganga again and again and again. I think he's exercising his face muscles.

We have all enjoyed our trip to Warwick. Definitely a must go again in the future. When we returned to our car, Sarah asked a few 'clever' questions. One of them was "Sagha belum nok ducks lagi."

O-oh!