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| London kids showing their British pride at the parade!!! |
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| The Lord Mayor's Parade!!! |
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| The Lord Mayor's Coach |
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| Reindeer Petting in Covent Garden!! London gets ready for Christmas about 2 months early! :) |
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| Big Ben at night! |
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| at the Tower of London! |
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| Tower Bridge in London |
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| The Imperial War Museum in London |
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| PRAGUE! |
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| Take that, Eiffel Tower! |
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| loving the beautiful fall leaves on the top of Petrin Hill! |
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| view of the city from the top of Petrin Hill |
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| The famous Charles Bridge in Prague |
London continued....
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| the beautiful Canterbury Cathedral |
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| Just on a little pilgrimage to Canterbury, of course... |
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| more pilgrimaging! |
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| BEATLES!!!!!! |
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| Covent Garden Markets! |
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| FRO YO!!!! |
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| the view from Millenium Bridge!! |
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| the river Thames and St. Paul's in the background! |
LONDON!
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| Buckingham Palace, where we toured the beautiful State Rooms (where the Queen entertains her guests) and saw Kate Middleton's beautiful wedding dress!!! |
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| Classic. |
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| Westminster Abbey, where Olivia and I attended a Eucharist service on our first Sunday in London! It was so beautiful! (also where Kate and Will were married... SO COOL!) |
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| Big Ben! |
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| the view of London from Waterloo Bridge |
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| fabulous clouds! |
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| The London Eye! |
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| Go Reese's! |
Dublin Adventures.....
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| walking down O'Connell Street in the center of Dublin! |
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| At New Grange, a 5000-year-old Megalithic Tomb site, against a surreal backdrop of beautiful green Irish fields! |
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| beautiful clouds :) |
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| At New Grange! |
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| beautiful St. Patrick's Cathedral! |
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| Trinity College, our home for the week in Dublin! |
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| boats in Howth Harbor! |
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| exploring the caves at Howth Harbor! |
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the group at the Guiness Factory!
(photo credit: Brian Boda) |
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the beautiful fields at Clonmacnoise Monastery!
(photo credit: Brian Boda) |
Stratford-upon-Avon, continued....
This photo is dedicated to my little sister Laura :)
(photo credit: Brian Boda)
This photo is dedicated to all my Mcg 100 ladies and all my fellow Chick-fil-a lovers! :)
Dr. Aeisi reciting sonnets to his wife in the garden of Anne Hathaway's house (they say this is probably the EXACT spot where Shakespeare recited sonnets to Anne during their courtship!)
"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate...." :)
Rachel, Olivia and I at the home of Anne Hathaway (Shakespeare's wife)
Had to do it :)
Thomas in the wig process
Thomas the Pirate
Me, Rachel, Jillian, Maddi, and Olivia at Shakespeare's home
Pictures from our first few days here in Stratford-upon-Avon!
Classic England Touristy picture...But we had to do it :)
Thomas in deep discussion with Dr. Radel while waiting at the train station!
Thomas and the donkey near Mary Arden's farm....they really hit it off!
Pretty much sums up the trip thus far...Thomas and I hysterically laughing at each other's attempted British accents (which are greatly improving, I must say).
Oh, you know...just chilling with Bill and friends in the garden!
(at Shakespeare's birthplace in Stratford)
Walking with purpose (and enthusiasm) out of the Royal Shakespeare Company Theater
Jumping for joy at the thought of going to yet ANOTHER Shakespeare play! :)
Our lovely Bed&Breakfast, Avoncot!
A group of us waiting at the train station before heading to Mary Arden's farm!
Brian, Dr. Aeisi, and Thomas.....like grandfather, like grandsons :)
My new friends from the farm, William and Alex, feeding the sheep!
Working on a Shakespeare essay and drinking tea in a local cafe...oh, this is the life :)
Welcome to Blenheim Palace!
A group of us in the lovely rose garden at Blenheim Palace!
