London Trip

Jonathan and I decided a while back that we wanted to take as many trips as we could before we had kids. So with that in mind we have come up with numerous trips we want to take such as Nantucket, MA, sailing in the British Virgin Islands, go on a cruise, London/Paris (and the rest of Europe) and the list can definitely keep going. Those are some of our top places to go! Well for our "Valentine's Day trip/gift" we decided at the LAST MINUTE (oh about a week and half before we actually left) to take a trip to London for the weekend! Back in the fall we originally were thinking about doing it the weekend of Valentine's but decided against it for numerous reasons. But once February came around Jonathan found a really good deal on hotel/flights so we decided to go ahead and book it! We ended up going the weekend after Valentine's. We left on Thursday, Feb. 17 and came back on Monday, Feb. 21. It was definitely a short trip but worth every minute of it. 

We stayed at the Crowne Plaza St. James. It was literally less than 3 minutes walking distance to Buckingham Palace. It was a nice, older hotel but it wasn't near anything really besides the palace. 

Since we only had 3 full days there we were in a hurry to see as much as we could. And I must say we saw and did a lot in the cold, dreary weather! 

In front of Buckingham Palace...this was the very first stop we made after getting to our hotel.

And you can't come to London without eating some fish and chips! 

We also saw Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament (not pictured).

Westminster Abbey...where Prince William and Kate will soon be married! We saw a little bit inside because the door was opened but we couldn't go in and just from what we could see it was amazing inside!

And of course we had to go inside Harrod's department store. It was HUGE and had everything from the  jewelry to groceries to pizza inside there! 

While visiting Harrod's I was told by a friend we should try Morelli's Gelato. So of course we did and it was delicious but this thing cost about $20 USD! Craziness if you ask me!

We also ate at the very first Hard Rock Cafe ever opened! Nothing fancy but at least we can say we ate there I guess! ;) 

One of the stores I found there was this one... I LOVED it! It had the cutest purses and jewelry!

My favorite place we visited was Notting Hill and the Portobello Road Market that is there. This is area where the movie Notting Hill was filmed! They had the most neatest little shops and vendors!

We also visited the Tower of London...

and the most famous bride there....the Tower Bridge.

And of course I had to take my picture in front of the red telephone booth! ;) 

The only other thing I would have liked to do was tour Westminster Abbey and go out of the city to tour some castles. I guess we will just have to go back sometime! ;)