After a little stint living in London, I became quite good at showing people around in a short time frame – I had friends visit for one day on their way to somewhere else, but they wanted to see everything! How would we ever decide what to see? I developed this ‘Loop’ (for whatever reason,… Continue reading How To See London in 24 Hours (Including Maps!)
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Visiting the Tower of London
Hi guys. I wrote this post on Friday, before all of the horrible stuff happened in London over the weekend. It’s still one of my favorite places on the planet and I’ll never stop visiting it 🙂 More on that tomorrow! For now, enjoy the recap of visiting the Tower of London. I don’t know how it’s possible,… Continue reading Visiting the Tower of London
Eating Our Way Through London
One of the best parts of traveling is eating your way around a new place. While London might not be “new” to me, the city is ever-changing. There are always new restaurants and bars to try and finding them is half the fun! Here are a few places we ate and drank at on this last… Continue reading Eating Our Way Through London
High Tea at the Orangery in Kensington Gardens
Something I’ve never done in London, but always wanted to do, was go to a High Tea. In researching all of the high tea places in town, the Orangery was the obvious choice! It was beautiful, affordable, and located in Kensington Palace Gardens – making it the only royal place to have tea in the city… Continue reading High Tea at the Orangery in Kensington Gardens
London Recap
Ah, London. You’re my favorite. Our trip was nearly 6 weeks ago (!!!) and I can’t believe I’m just getting around to writing about it. I have a hard time writing blogs about our trips to London, because I am too close to it – I feel like it’s writing one blog about your family… Continue reading London Recap
Packing for Two Weeks in Europe in a Carry On
This is pretty close to what I brought with me to London, Bruges, and Copenhagen. I didn’t include my underthings or 1 pair PJ’s, but that’s all the clothing that was in my bag. I didn’t even go roller board suitcase, we opted for our backpacks, because after you go over about 5 cobblestone streets… Continue reading Packing for Two Weeks in Europe in a Carry On
London Recap
If you didn’t know this about me, I lived in London for 6 months after I graduated from college. I worked at Quiksilver, I lived in the tiniest room ever (which I shared), and I loved every poverty stricken minute 🙂 I had studied abroad the year before and fell in love with this amazing… Continue reading London Recap