We're locals!

Alright, so you all should know that Lee and I now live in Bury St. Edmunds. It's a small-ish (huge to me but hey, I come from tiny Spring Lake) market town with a long history. It's named for a legend:
 "The wolf is a central figure of the legend surrounding the death of King Edmund, who ruled East Anglia from AD 855 to 869 and was made a saint for refusing to renounce his Christian faith during the Danish invasion. The story goes that after being killed with arrows and decapitated in Suffolk, the king's body was found but his head was missing. Supporters heard the wolf call them and they found him guarding the king's head, which was then reunited with his body (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-25043186)." I had to semi-source that...college habits die hard. Anyways, St.Edmund was buried here so there are like statues in all of the roundabouts with different parts of the legend depicted. In one of them, there is a guy with arrows in his body. Just lovely. Hey, the town is little quirky but still pretty awesome.

The other weekend, we decided to take some pictures for all those friends and family back home. It really is a beautiful town and we really enjoy the markets that happen twice a week.

We wandered to Abbey Gardens which contains the ruins of a huge abbey built hundred of years ago. This thing would have been absolutely massive. Now, amongst the ruins, they have planted beautiful gardens and it a great place to have a picnic or just enjoy.

Some of the gate entrances to the abbey remain

Ruins of the Abbey

Some of the beautiful flower beds

another gate

My husband loves modeling for me ;)

Hanging in the gardens

 We then made our way into the cathedral in Bury. It is beautiful and is awesome to know that it is in my local town now!

That smile!

I love the ceilings here!

Can't wait to take some of you people around here. And here is a sneak peak of the rest of the town (as seen through one of the gates)!

Isn't that street great!? I love how every building is unique, no cookie cutter around here! Yay! Keep reading, I will continue to show you  guys our new life in England!