14.8.14
Kristen says...
Hands down, our recent trip was to the UK was the best trip we have taken this year.
(Ok, that was a really lame way to use the daily prompt of
hands, but besides another tatting reference I wasn't sure what else to use...also need to show you the second half of our trip! It's been almost a month since we got back!)
So, Chris gave me 10 days in the UK for Christmas last year, and he made good on that present in July.
Here we are in London:
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| Our first morning, and Chris' first red telephone booth! |
We mostly hit the touristy spots, but also spent a lot of time just wandering around and enjoying London's amazing parks.
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| On the London Eye |
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| Houses of Parliament |
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| Chris' first fish and chips! |
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| King of my Heart wearing my tea cozy at the Tower |
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| We didn't stand in line so this was the best picture I could get! |
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| We were randomly in town for the Tour! |
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| Just finished cycling in Kensington Gardens |
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| Chris' favorite part of London...so many parks to nap in! |
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| Oh, Cream Tea! So very good! |
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| Also the Cornish Pasty, amazing |
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| We both thought this street art outside the National Gallery of Art was neat--we put money on the US and I had a 10 Ruble coin that I put on Russia, too. |
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| We passed the test at ClueQuest, something (they say) only 40% of people do in teams of 3 or more...we are such a great team! :) |
The King and Queen at Kensington Gardens
This was also something of a nostalgia trip for me, since I had the good fortune to live in London in college--I even found my old flat! :)
We didn't just stay in London, we took a couple of day-trips, too:
Hampton Court Palace
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| We made it to the center of the maze! (But I made it first) :) |
Bath
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| We love taking the train!! |
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| Another maze...I was not so successful this time |
Stratford-Upon-Avon
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| Birthplace of the Bard |
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| Jane! Thanks again and again! |
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| For some reason it made me really happy that Stratford has a Carnegie library! |
We also took a two-day trip to Edinburgh
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| We stayed at Duthus Lodge, a beautiful, historic home with wonderful proprietors, great food and... |
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| ARCHIE!!! We definitely recommend staying there any time you are in Edinburgh! |
We also saw a few sights in the city
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| Edinburgh Castle |
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| Scotch Whisky Tour |
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| Chris even at Haggis! A much braver man than I am! :) |
Chris is going to have his
hands full (see, I brought it full circle!) beating this present...although the other day we discussed celebrating my birthday in Tokyo... :)
KF
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