Okay, so one last post about the Cotswolds, and then it will be back to normal around here. 🙂 I promise. 🙂
While we were staying in Snowshill, we went 2 miles down the road to the town of Broadway and it was the cutest little village and had a shop called the Broadway Deli that I just had to tell you about.
Oh how I wish we had places like this in the United States!!!
A little cart of produce out front, canned goods, baked goods, a little more produce and a deli inside. What’s not to LOVE?
If I lived in this town I’d shop here as much as possible.
I’d probably even try and get a job delivering orders on that bike!! Or at the very least see if I could borrow it to take Lucy for rides like a little ET.
I also snapped a few more pictures around town. The color of the Cotswold stone is so beautiful. It makes all the topiaries and hedges pop.
And the bunting!! It’s just like the movies and all those British shoes we all love.
Another thing I noticed was the windows. None of them have screens on them. NONE. Why is this? Not even the newer buildings. Does anyone know why?
And this wisteria. Holy cannoli people. Look at the trunk. I wonder how old this wisteria is. Have you ever seen anything like it?
I suppose it’s no big deal to the people who live nearby in homes that are 300-500 years old. 🙂
So if you ever make it to the Cotswolds, be sure and visit the town of Broadway and the Broadway Deli. You’ll be so glad you did!
Have a good one,
~Mavis
JoAnn Moran says
I love all your travel posts. I live vicariously through you on your travels. I wish we had stores like this in the United States too. I did a little research on the lack of screens. It reminds me of my friends home in Pismo Beach California. She keeps her doors open all the time in summer and there are no flies or mosquitoes. Here is what I found out from the research on why there are no screen on the windows in the Cotswolds. Screens just aren’t necessary or desirable in most Cotswold homes due to the cool climate, minimal insects, historical preservation, and aesthetic values.
sandy says
I just returned from Pismo Beach today! ( The cinnamon roll place-oh my) The weather is perfect. 68 and lovely…take me back!
Tina says
I lived in Western Europe for over a decade (France and the Netherlands). Windows there don’t have screens. I have no idea why.
suzanne says
15.95 per kilo for garlic. So that’s about $21.50 for 2.2 lbs. I’ve regrown my own garlic for years so have no idea of the price but that seems like a lot. Don’t get me wrong cause I would buy it without complaint if I needed it. Love all the tours and thanks for the link to your You tube. That was a fun cup of coffee.
Laura says
Agree. Those produce prices feel quite touristic. Doubt many locals are shopping there!
Emily says
While you won’t find a 300 year old wisteria, I don’t think, you will most definitely find shops with all that fresh produce, sandwiches, and a pastry or two in Northern Michigan. May I suggest it for your next adventure?
Kelli says
Anywhere in Michigan. Nino Salvaggio’s is just like that.
She’d love Zingerman’s.
Lizzy says
I can’t wait to go see all of these places myself-!!! Thank you for taking us with you…. as for screens- I’m not a fan of them myself except they allow fresh air without bugs – so what’s the bug situation in England??
Linda Sand says
We found no screens in The Netherlands but we didn’t find any bugs, either. I wish I could say that about Minnesota.
Christina says
Oh, don’t promise no more Cotswolds posts!!! I am obsessed with all things UK, and plan to go back and read properly every single post of this trip you recently took.
We’ve been to the UK twice, and would love to go back again sometime. We never made it to the Cotswolds, but man would I love it there! Your posts on your travels just makes me want to go as soon as humanly possible. Haha
Thanks for all the time you take to make these posts special so that all of us can enjoy that gorgeous area…
Wendy says
I live in the Netherlands and it is difficult to get screens in windows and doors that go outward open. There are make shift solutions but it is not a big deal over here. Flies do not like wind, so if you make sure you open windows on both sides to make an airflow you most likely not get them. We live near water and have some mosquito’s but they are the bigger kind and more night-active. Just have some drapes in front of the window at night. My MIL lives in Austria and windows there have screens, go inward open. There and more in the south of Europe the mosquito’s are smaller and can be very annoying.
Wendy
Teresa says
Noticed many British movies, especially country house settings, more so older movies, show open doors, onto the patio or lawn. No way I could do that here in Midwest US, in any season. Always figured it was made for TV and nobody actually lived like that but I liked it. Love the idea of drapes flowing in the breeze!