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Moments of the Month

Now that it’s the last week (and almost the last day) of my abroad trip, I wanted to recap my top four favorite moments from the past month (one from every week).

Week 1: The London Eye (or the view from it)

The most beautiful view of Big Ben from the London Eye

View of Big Ben/House of Parliament from the London Eye

Although the London Eye itself was not my favorite part about this first week, it did serve as a reality check that I was officially in London. Riding the Eye and seeing all around London was beautiful and disorienting – I didn’t think it would be possible to experience all of the city sights in such a short period of time.

Week Two: Stonehenge Day Trip

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Stonehenge

 

 

Standing at the ruins of Glastonbury Abbey

Standing at the ruins of Glastonbury Abbey

This day trip was easily the longest day out of the month – yet entirely worth every tiring second of it. I loved not only learning a lot about Stonehenge, Glastonbury, and Avebury from our guides, but also visiting each place and seeing the famous circles of stones and abbey ruins. It still amazes me that so little is known about places like Stonehenge, even though they are SO ancient and frequently studied. I also included Glastonbury Abbey in particular because the ruins of this church were absolutely ornate and beautiful, even in their crumbling state.

Week Three: Tower of London

The Queen (and the monarchs before her) sure do have great taste in jewelry, though sadly we weren’t allowed to take any pictures of the Crown Jewels. Even so, seeing the Tower Bridge, meeting an authentic Beefeater, and touring the Tower of London was definitely another wonderful full day adventure. In addition to seeing the Crown Jewels (twice), we saw the ravens that legend states that if they were to leave the Tower of London the kingdom and tower would fall. We also were lucky enough to stumble on a type of inspection similar to the Changing the Guard ceremony, although with less pomp and circumstance.

Me, standing with a guard of the Crown Jewels
Me, standing with a guard of the Crown Jewels
Beefeater giving us a tour of the Tower of London

Beefeater giving us a tour of the Tower of London

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week Four: Paris

Without a doubt my weekend in Paris has (so far) been my favorite part about this week. Click here to read my last blog post on why I loved Paris so much!

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The Eiffel Tower on my last night in Paris

Stay tuned for my final week thoughts and reflections on my London trip in my upcoming blog posts! Cheers, love!


Location: London, England

Eye Spy

Hey guys!

Last time I talked a bit about the Underground. This time I thought I’d mention a bit about the places I’ve gotten to using the Underground.

You might’ve noticed some of the pictures I took weren’t taken on the ground. That’s because that day I went with my fellow students to the London Eye.

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 It was worth every pence, really. The view of the city in every direction is astonishing.

There wasn’t a single thing anyone disliked, except the optional “London Eye: The 4D Experience”, a ten-minute film which annoyed a lot of people on our trip, because it was “pointless, and you had to wear 3D classes.”


IMG_1985.JPGThere was also the confusing queue. Here we wait in line for tickets, meanwhile the sign points in another direction, which confused us quite a bit.

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It was a 30-minute ride, during which there were views of nearly everything, except perhaps, as one child observed (whose parents and he joined us in the carriage), the Tower of London.


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You could see Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, Big Ben of course, the Shard (the tallest building in London), London Bridge, and plenty of other possible destinations.


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I would highly recommend going while you’re there. If anything, you can have a few moments for taking very nice pictures, something we all took advantage of.





Location: London, United Kingdom