The Days are Just Packed!

Yes, I stole the title of this post from Bill Watterson's Calvin and Hobbes, but it's the best description of these last few days. Here's a brief overview...

This is the Tower of London. If you're anything like me, you might be surprised that it's actually a complete castle and not just a tower.

And a very impressive castle at that!

No beheadings occurred while we were there, but we saw plenty of cells and spots where people met their demise in the past.

It was very much what I pictured a castle would look like.

A view of Tower Bridge over the Thames.

I WENT TO SEE LES MISERABLES AT WEST END!!!!!!!!! SO GOOD!!!!

I have never seen a more British food truck in my entire life....

I'm thinking about bringing this fashion back...

Kensington Palace, home to Queen Victoria, and now William and Kate and their family.

These palaces are cool, but the gardens are really the crowning glory.

So beautiful!

A random beautiful church in downtown London.

A view of London across the Thames.

This isn't even half of what I've done over the last three days, but like i said, the days are just too packed to share everything, so these snapshots will have to suffice.

Also, a few random pics from the past few days that I missed....

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Edinburgh

We're in Edinburgh! Here is the Scott monument, honoring Scottish author Walter Scott. It is the largest monument to a writer in the world. Edinburgh castle! How Scottish... I love it! :) We went to an adorable little tea shop and had fruit tea, scones, and clotted cream! It was so yummy! This is the tea shop. Today we hiked King Arthur's seat, which is a big hill/ridge just outside of the city. A view of the city from the top of King Arthur's Seat. This is the "birthplace" of Harry Potter because it is the cafe where JK Rowling wrote the first Harry Potter book. Look at this awesome Scottish hat!!!!! Love to you all!

On the Bonnie, Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond

We made it to Scotland! We drove into the country on Friday and then walked an 8-mile trail to reach our hostel. Did I mention that our hostel is right on the edge of Loch Lomond!?!?! The views are incredible! Here are just a few pictures of the loch. This is our hostel, which looks like a gingerbread house perched on the edge of this beautiful blue loch. Yesterday we hiked to the summit of Ben Lomond, a peak near to our hostel. We hiked up into the clouds and got rained on again, but it was still a neat hike with some great views. Here's a picture of my professor's cute son at the summit. He was so proud of himself for making it to the top! :) Loch Lomond! It is WAY bigger than I though it would be! It is the largest lake in Great Britain and is 21 miles long. We get to spend the entirety of this beautiful Sunday here at the hostel and on the lake. Here are some of us enjoying this day of rest. What a view from our couch in the hostel! Wish...

"Put'em in the wash, they'll be grand"

You know it, you love it: It's... Dublin!!!! (For those who don't know, the title of this post is from the movie "Leap Year," which takes place in Ireland and Dublin.) First, a glimpse of the beautiful green countryside outside of Dublin and a headstone with some classic Celtic decorations. Oh, did I mention that we ended up on the side of the motorway AGAIN? Our coach blew a tire on the way to Dublin, so we chilled on the side of the highway for an hour and a half. So, for the second time in 2 weeks, we played playground games on the side of the highway -- this time, it was just in Ireland rather than in the UK. We're making it a new goal to try and get stranded on a highway in every country we visit. :) We went to an Irish pub for dinner called the Hairy Lemon. The food was DELICIOUS, despite the unappetizing pub name. It must be a requirement that all pubs have weird names. Today we visited Trinity College and saw the library, as well as th...

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