August 03, 2016

Til We Meet Again - Our Last Day in London

August 03, 2016/ Whitney Conard

Nearly two months after we left, I'm finally reaching the last day of photos from our trip! It's amazing how much you forget about a trip til you look back at photos and realize everything you saw and ate and experienced.

We decided to take a 'slow' day for our last 24 hours in London - sleeping in late, making breakfast at our friend's flat, then heading up to the Thames to walk along the river. We borrowed our friend's Tate Modern membership card, which gave us access to the amazing views from the upper levels.

Once again, the weather was blissfully sunny and warm, delightfully going against my every expectation of a damp, gray visit to London. We walked from the Tate over to Borough Market, passing centuries-old church ruins and catching soft breezes from the river.

July 29, 2016

Street Art, Movies & Markets - More of London

July 29, 2016/ Whitney Conard

Our first 36 hours in London blew us away with its endless urban sprawl, overwhelming diversity, and ancient history. So we decided to take it easy on our second morning there and spend our last few hours wandering around the East End of London and checking out a few movie highlights before we met up with some friends in southern London.

July 20, 2016

London - The First 36 Hours

July 20, 2016/ Whitney Conard

Finally, after a week and a half of traveling around England, we arrived at our last destination - London.

We took a two-hour bus ride on the Oxford Tube from Oxford, getting off at the Marble Arch Underground station on the northeast corner of Hyde Park. We took the Underground over to the East End of London, where we were staying with Nick and Kyra for a few nights, courtesy of AirBNB.

July 13, 2016

Lewis, Spires & Bicycles - Oxford, England

July 13, 2016/ Whitney Conard

I am finally resuming the story of our recent trip to England - this time, all about Oxford. The "city of dreaming spires" has been the scene of so much history, literature, and culture that we couldn't pass it by on our first trip to England.

June 22, 2016

Manors, Puddings & Jane Austen - Central England

June 22, 2016/ Whitney Conard

I'm so glad we started our trip out in the countryside of England instead of in London, because I loved it. Loughborough, where our friends live, is a typical English town - which means there are loads of buildings older than the United States, history wherever you turn, and beautiful rolling fields just steps away from your front door.