London Layovers

This post is going backwards because this is one of the last photos I took in London before we went home. 

I was also feeling very sick but adrenaline kicked in....because hello, it's LONDON!

I completely loved London.

 I wasn't expecting that at all. 

I thought I'd like it but I LOVED it. 

I'm already calculating when I can go back with the girls:)

Our charter bus from the cruise dropped us at Heathrow 7 hours early and the airline attendant when checking our bags noted that we 

"were quite early" :)

So we hopped on the Elizabeth Line and walked over to Hyde Park.

It was full of friends, and dogs off leash with their owners, families...just everything. It just felt perfect. Like, was this real? Am I in a movie? Are these accents real? Oh wait...I'm the one with the accent:)

 (Remember, I have never really traveled outside of the the country and now the pandoras box of traveling is officially open...okay, 

I digress...)

Anyway, back to our afternoon in

 Hyde Park.

The sun was out as we trapsed through the verdant scenery and then before we knew it...clouds formed so quickly and gave way to wind and showers of warm rain. 

We got to experience a proper English summer day and I have to say, it was super fun:)

This might of been my favorite day of the trip.

Clay was better, we were free of the boat(haha, and the schedule) and discovered how much we both liked getting on a train and roaming around. 

This trip was something special because it turns out, Clay and I travel well together and both like to discover what's around a corner. I have a shortlist of what's next but Croatia in the summer, Denmark and Lithuania in the winter:)

I found Prince Albert for Audrey:)

(we watched the pbs masterpiece show "Victoria" and got hooked)

He cared so much for the arts and championed them. 

And he was an outsider, and I respect that because sometimes I still feel that way:)

little city parks

Paddington Station where we checked our carry on bag at "left luggage", bought an umbrella(thankfully, or we would've been soaked), and sought out it's famous resident:)

Everything was a feast for my eyes. 

Flower shops and local markets on every block.

We sat down for some delicious Thai food  for lunch...and after boat food for a week straight, it tasted like HEAVEN.

We first landed in London the week prior for our cruise to Norway and arrived around 7pm. It was a depressing thought to just stay in our little room... so we took an uber to and from the hotel into London!

It was such a lovely night out to walk around and sight see:)

A hotel staff member recommended this Dim Sum place to us. 

It was ridiculously good.

 We were both dying over just how good it was!

Venison and veggie dim sum? You haven't lived until that is something you have eaten. 

It was invigorating to be around so many people out and about on a Friday night. It was amazing to literally feel the energy of this bustling and robust city!

Alive and kicking is what London was to me:)

I cannot wait to return💕