london

i'm finally doing it. blogging about the best 9 days of my life.... i've had a hard time deciding how to do it, but here are the clifnotes:

day 1: a looooong travel day, including the worst flight from slc to nyc.

day 2: after almost 24 hours of travel we finally arrive in london!

after we got checked into our hotel we came up with a game plan and hit the ground running.....
we walked oxford street, regent street, made it to piccadilly circus, traflagar square, and marble arch all in one day... probably doesn't mean much, but that is a lot in one day on foot.

day 3:the next morning we were off to windsor castle. windsor was way better than i thought it would be. there is so much history at the castle. i loved seeing it all and taking it all in. wouldn't it be fun to be a royal?

after windsor we headed to this place called covent gardens... it's basically just a large market. we got lunch there, i'll let the picture do the talking.

we did find laduree. it's a little pastry shop that i was told was a must, we got some of their macaroons which were sub par at best. {plus they were way expensive!} it was fun and charming none the less.

after covent gardens, we walked along the river thames, stopped at st. paul's cathedral, sat on a bench and next to the river chatted and people watched, walked across tower bridge, we took the bus over to parliament and big ben, and enjoyed every minute of being in london together!

day 4: the next morning was a tour of london where we saw everything from a memorial to prince albert, to westminster abbey, to buckingham palace for the changing of the guards.

after our tour we went to harvey nicklos {high end london shopping} and harrods and found some of the prettiest cupcakes london had to offer!

we decided last minute to go see wicked. we went and bought tickets saw some sights around the theater, saw the play {amazing!} and called it a night.

day 5: our final day in london and probably my most favorite day there. we decided to try out camden town. we had heard there was a great market it, and boy were they right. street after street. store after store. stable after stable. country after country. of great little shops full of great treasures. so. much. fun. and so. crazy! a local had told us we would see the 'weird and the wonderful' boy was he right! {so many pictures for this day, like i said, it was my favorite!}



upon leaving camden town we got on the bus, however the bus was going to opposite direction we need. it did however end up being a fun adventure.

we finally got back into the heart of london and decided to do everything royal. we walked up the mall {don't be alarmed by the lady that looks like the uni bomber, that would be my mother.}, stopped by st. james' place, even saw prince harry, walked around buckingham palace and down constitution ave. sooooooo great. one of those moments i wish i could just relive over and over again!

we finished up london by walking through hyde park, stopping at the queen mum's gate, fish n' chips, oxford street one more time and a few gift shops.

                                      this is our walk through hyde park. honestly i  was exhausted!

london was such a pleasant surprise, for some reason i didn't thinking i would love it, but love it i did!

this was a lot of work.....paris coming soon!