Further British Crumbs

So I completely forgot to tell you about how the UK has issues with people entering the country without an address of where they are staying.
So I forgot to write down Lee's address and they held me at the border control desk. The guy was really nice to me, thank goodness. And luckily it was England, so I spoke the language. They tried twice to page Lee to the information desk, but for some reason he wasn't going. So they let me call him even though no phones are allowed in that area. He didn't answer. Then he called me and the phone hung up on me. Then they paged him again. Then finally I called him another time and was able to get his address written down and give it to the guy. It was rather amusing. But I was also a little freaked they weren't going to allow me in the country.
SO - if you ever go to the UK, make sure you have an address where you're staying!
Anyway... so we got to Lee's house after a short trip to the English Wal-Mart. He has a cute little townhouse. The guest room was small, but cozy. The bed was amazing when compared to the rock hard bed at Casa Artom. I had a TV! The shower had water pressure... it was wonderful!
The first night, we got home around midnight, so I didn't get to meet his parents or anything. I just talked to him for a bit and then went to sleep.
In the morning, Lee slept way late since he had been sick. Luckily, this gave me time to get some emails and things finished. I had a lot of stuff I had left to back up... So if you got an email or something from me over the weekend, you now know that I had pretty much ignored you for a while. Oops.
On Friday, Lee and I went to the Lake District... It was lovely. The water sparkled in the sun, we walked around and looked at the shops, got coffee (hot chocolate for me!), walked through a park down by the water... It started to rain and so we headed back to the car. Then we went to Bolton Abbey, down the road a bit. Walked around the abbey and then down by the water and stuff. Just nice and relaxing. Gave us some time to talk and whatnot.
We got dinner at some restaurant/pub place. We ate in the restaurant section, so it was really pretty and nice. We had a waiter and everything. I had salmon. (!!) Sooo good. And I took some sips of Lee's wine (be proud, everyone). That night, we watched a movie (Downfall, about Hitler) and talked and stuff. His parents were incredibly sweet to me. They just opened up their home freely.
On Saturday, we got up a little earlier so we would have time to get to a nearby castle. Skipton Castle. The area also has shops and such around it. We walked through a street market with mostly junk. And then we went to the castle. It was pretty cool. Lots of nooks and crannies. Might be creepy to have lived there though. The view was stunning. We ate dinner at another pub. The service sucked, but the food was good. The meal took several hours because the service was so terrible. It was dark when we left.
We watched another movie (Eurotrip) and chilled out. He helped me install the mobile broadband I bought earlier that day! Now I can get internet anywhere I need it while I'm over here... I hope it works in Finland, but I doubt it does. haha.
The weekend was just lovely and I was very sad when I had to leave. I hadn't realized just how much I had missed Lee until I got to see him again. And hopefully he'll come visit me here in Venice in a few weeks. :)