I brought back an unusual momento of slate signs for my house
I recently went to the UK on a vacation and brought back from my trip slate signs for my house. I know that is not the most normal of things to bring back and I did bring some more usual things back from my trip but we could not resist them when we found them on a day trip. They were so unlike any of the house signs you ring in the US and they are so British we just had to get them. We found them on a day trip to the Welsh Valleys and they were in a gift shop at an old mine museum we had wanted to visit. They had lots of slate products carved and made into various different gift ideas but these were exquisite and stood out from the crowd.
We picked out two that we loved and bought them then started to wonder if they would make it back to the US safety given the distance and battering they were likely to get in the cargo hold on the trip back home.
Strange looks from customs because of our slate signs
In the end we decided to take them as hand luggage to ensure they made the trip safety and got back in one piece. We wrapped them up in bubble wrap and put them in my hand luggage but we did get a few odd looks for the guys scanning the bags at the airport. One even had to ask what the big block object were before he would let us get on board. When he did open them up even he said how lovely they were and I had to agree we were very happy with our purchase.
We did manage to get them back in one piece and we had a fantastic trip to the UK seeing so many lovely places and touring a large part of the countries that make up the isle. As well as London we managed to travel to Wales, Scotland and Ireland on our 4 week trip and we have to say it is a really beautiful place and a great place to go if you like to explore.
I put up our slate signs straight away
I was very tired after a long trip but as soon as we got back I had to get the two slate signs put up and when the first one was up it gave me a real shot in the arm. Both only took less than half hour to fit and the finished look is amazing and totally different to anything we see around by us. We have a unique reminder of a fantastic visit to the UK and the slate signs have already had a lot of positive feedback from friends and neighbours alike we got ours from http://www.stonesign.com