Warning: I'm totally playing catch up with the next three posts. I never got around to doing recaps on these trips because these things called finals hit, and hit hard, so now that I'm home and have 0 homework (!!!) I'm finally getting around to them!
The second stop on
our week long break was London (first stop)! I had been to London when I was in 5th
grade, but hadn’t been back since. We have two great friends who are studying
abroad in London, so it was great to have our own private tour guides (shout
out to Ellie and Elise!).
We fit a lot in in a
little amount of time, because we were determined to make it to all the major
landmarks in the 2 ½ days there! We took the train from Paris to London which
was so easy and we got to go through the chunnel! I was so excited, but I think
it ended up being a lot cooler in my head…
It was also so nice
to hear English again! It made me feel a little closer to home, and it was great
not having to worry about a language barrier!
Although the weather
was kinda of rainy and cold the whole time we were there, we decided to just
embrace it and bundle up!
And what would a trip
to London be without a picture in a phone booth….?
Even though I hate
hate hate ferris wheels, I was somehow convinced (forced) to ride the London
eye. I sat down in the middle the entire time because I was freaking out for
most of it, but I was forced to stand up for this picture, but I can promise you
I was right back on the bench immediately after this picture was taken.
I had always dreamed
of having high tea in London so we made a reservation here (highly suggest it!)
and sipped tea and ate biscuits. Everything is pink and it was basically my
heaven.
Right before we
headed to the airport we squeezed in a trip to Notting Hill and Abbey Road.
Notting Hill was ADORABLE and all the houses were painted so brightly. This pink
and blue one was definitely one of my favorites.
And you have no ideas
how many times it took to capture this picture perfect. There’s more traffic
than it looks, so it took a whole lot of patience. But I finally have my Abbey Road pic!
Stay tuned to see
pictures from Portugal!
Remember,
xoxo
Shannon
Welcome back to NC, Shannon! London looks gorgeous and it seems like you had a ton of fun during your semester abroad!
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Katie
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Glad you had a good visit! I did the exact same thing on the London Eye. My friend was visiting from the States and he was running all over the pod taking photos and I was sitting on the bench, staring at my shoes!
ReplyDeleteI love reading these! London looks gorgeous and I hope to visit there sometime in the future!
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