London Calling

I had the privilege of going to London over the 4th of July weekend. Dan's boss was taking his family to London for their yearly vacation because he had to speak at Oxford University (yeah, I know). Dan and I decided that it was a prefect opportunity for me to go over there. I have wanted to visit London since I was about 8 years old and became obsessed with British Royalty. Now a days, I am not all that interested in Royalty, but I still wanted to see all the beautiful places I had seen on TV and in books.

We were a little worried because I have not been to Europe since I was in high school and we didn't know if I would be able to adjust quickly to the time change. After a short (haha) 8 hour British Airways flight, I fueled up on coffee and we hit the ground running. After two days we had seen everything I wanted to see. The weather behaved beautifully and the lines for the tours weren't terribly long. We were really blessed and it turned out to be the perfect trip!

In front of Westminster Abby

We quickly learned that all of the buildings are so huge that it is hard to get far enough away to get the entire building into the picture (without another huge building getting in your way!)

Our Hotel was really beautiful and celebrating 100 years!

Buckingham Palace... A cozy little place to call home.

Dan loves this picture! I love watching these guys but getting close to them in another story! They are huge and scary!

Dan with Big Ben in the Background
If you are interested, below is a video of the old guard marching to Buckingham Palace for the Changing of the Guard.