WE'RE BACK!

and my goodness....what a trip! sorry it has taken so long to finally post these pictures, i guess i am just a horrible person! i'm not going to go into immense detail here because i've been telling so many people about it, and i don't have the patience to type it all over again..sorry! but i will show some pictures of our fantastic trip. first of y'all should know that it was nothing like i expected. i was blown away and the whole time i just could'nt wrap my mind around the fact that we were actually in england. i got some weird dejavu moments seeing the sights because i felt like i had already been there before! but all in all we had a great trip...so much so that i'm ready to go back again. this time i'm thinking around christmas time when it's FREEZING and you can't feel your toes, i like that kind of weather :) our trip went like this:
1. Bath
2. Exton
3. London

on our first 1/3 of the trip we went to the georgian city of bath which was beautiful. after a longggg flight we were picked up at heathrow by a co-worker of my father's who drove us to our bed and breakfast. we explored for the next few days and were fortunate enough to spend a full day in the cotswolds, oh how i loved it....SO BEAUTIFUL! we did a TON of walked and i'm surprised my feet didn't get any flatter than they already are! We then headed off to petersborough via london to visit our neighbor's mother in the small village of exton. the village is situated just of rutland waters which is a huge man-made reservoir placed in the smallest county in england! this part of england was stunning. very cotswolds-y without the tourists. our host, terry took us around everywhere including historic market towns, an earl's house and the always charming cambridge! this part of the trip was a blast because we were able to stay in a english woman's house, got to eat the traditional dishes, and really get to know the local people...few can say they've done that! after that part we headed into london were we spent our last bit of the trip. we hit all the tourist spots including big ben and the houses of parliament, the river thames, picadilly circus and soho, the millennium bridge, double decker bus tours, kew gardens, windsor castle and so much more! we fit a lot in for only a few days in london. whilst on our trip we did keep a blog but failed after a few days. hopefully we will get it up and running sometime soon, so HERE it is! england was truly very beautiful and charming and we definitely had a blast! i think this trip has made us all catch the travel bug and were dying to get out there and see the world!


heathrow!


our adorable room in bath:)


fields and fields of dandelions!


a beautiful bath sunset on our first night


mummys driving and on the other side of the road, WHAT!?


stonehenge


salisbury abbey/cathedral/whatever it was called!


our friends the trims!


arlington row in bibury, quite possibly my favorite place in the cotswolds and in all of england!


morris men!


alicia and aunt sandi at snowshill manor


some ole' spot


cambridge and evensong at christ church


rutland barn in exton


our new friend, dan :)


platform 9 3/4...off to hogwarts we gooooooo!


the girls at BUCK HOUSE!


price albert. my favorite prince, yes very much so


a bit murky by day but beautiful by night!


trafalgar square, YES!


windsor, the queen was there, but we didn't see her!


tea at kensington palace:)