After graduation, we had a free month until we headed to Arkansas for Bri's internship. One of the things we were able to do, was travel to Europe! :) We couldn't pass up the opportunity to go on such a crazy trip together and I'm so glad that we did. We went to London, Paris and Rome and spent about two and a half days in each city. It was perfect. :)
We started our trip in London, which I think was my favorite city. There is so much culture and history and I feel like we learned so much in such a short amount of time. Here are our many pictures from London. :)
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We were so excited to go!! It really didn't feel real.
I wasn't excited about the long plane rides though…
Oh man, not my favorite... |
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Our first night there, we were battling jet lag,
so we took a walk around. This is Hyde Park.
It was beautiful. And huge! |
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We got pretty good a selfies. :)
Pictures are hard with only two people... |
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| I loved all of the flowers around the park. So beautiful. :) |
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Another site on our walk,
the Wellington Arch by
Buckingham Palace. |
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| Buckingham Palace |
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We couldn't go into the gates,
but it was kind of fun to watch the guards. |
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| Haha, this guy. :) |
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| The fountain across from the palace. |
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On our first full day in London, we went to
Westminster Abbey. It was one of my favorite
places. It's so beautiful inside and out. |
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| So excited to be there!! |
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Not sure if we were supposed
to take photos inside, but it's pretty right? :) |
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There are a lot of famous people
buried at Westminster Abbey. I've never been
to a place like that before.
It was definitely interesting. |
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| I love architecture. :) So amazing. |
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| Stained glass! :) |
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| Gorgeous. :) |
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I love the details on the building.
This is above the front of the door. |
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| I love this picture. Big Ben! :) |
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| I love gothic architecture. :) |
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| This is the parliament building. |
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| Of course we got a selfie with Big Ben. :) |
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We went on a scenic boat cruise on the Thames.
It was awesome! :) And such a perfect day. :) |
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The London Eye. We didn't go on it,
which I feel good about. I don't think
I could have gotten on one of those cars... |
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If the lions are drinking, London is sinking…:)
Or something like that…:) |
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Along with the old, gothic architecture,
there are these awesome modern
apartments. :) |
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The Millennium Bridge.
I recognized it from Harry Potter. :)
It really does look like it's wobbling. |
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Such cool apartments!
If I could live anywhere…:) |
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| This one too…So cool! :) |
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| London Bridge! I thought it'd look a little different too. |
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The Tower of London and the White Tower.
A very old castle. The Beefeaters give the best tours.
(I'm not sure why they're called that. I don't think they know either.) |
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| Silly... |
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This is the Tower Bridge. I thought the
London Bridge would look a little more like this... |
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| Beautiful, huh? :) |
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We also went to the Churchill Museum.
We loved it! I wish we could have
spent more time there. |
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We had to take the buses since
there was a tube strike.
It was a bit crazy, but we got pretty
good at public transportation. :) |
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Les Mis!! We went to Les Mis
and it was AMAZING! :) |
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| AMAZING!! :) |
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| So happy to be there. :) |
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This photo is from our second day.
We started out by going to
Trafalgar Square and the National Gallery. :) |
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| It was definitely a busy place. :) |
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| We loved this guy. :) |
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Bri especially. :) He might have stolen
the bagpipes if he got the chance…:) |
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| View from Trafalgar Square. I love this photo. :) |
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| Our second stop was the British museum. It was huge so we didn't get a chance to see everything, but it was definitely fun. :) We were able to see the Rosetta Stone…Kind of cool and random. :) |
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This is the view from the inside.
We were sitting here and almost fell asleep…
Dang jet lag…:) |
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| Lots of statues! :) |
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| We had lunch at Borough Market and got some amazing Pad Thai. Oh man…sooo delicious. I would fly all the way back to London, just for this stuff…:) |
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| Shakespeare's Globe Theatre! |
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| The Thames river. We walked along the river on our way to the Tate modern. Very surreal views of the city. :) |
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I made Bri go to the Tate Modern with me.
He's such a trooper. :)
(I think he secretly liked it anyway…) |
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The turbine hall inside the Tate Modern. :) So cool!!
So many of my favorite artists
have shown their work here! :) |
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| Interactive art! :) |
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It was storming when we went back outside.
When in London, right? :) |
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The only place we could find with
free wi-fi and ice water!
We are quite spoiled in America…:) |
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Here are some photos of the city.
There were so many interesting,
eclectic buildings. I couldn't help myself! :) |
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| Love this one. London sure is a busy place. :) |
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| Harrods! |
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| Beautiful cakes! I took this picture for Haylee…:) |
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| I love these buildings!! :) |
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The posters in the Subways were art in themselves…
I love this layering of different images!
I felt very inspired for future artworks! :) |
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| Yep. :) |
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| Goodbye, London! We'll be back! On our way to Paris…:) |
