Todd and I have been wanting to go to Europe together for as long as we can remember but for some reason life and vacation time just never worked in our favor. :( Then we found out that we were expecting a little one and resolved that traveling might just have to wait for a while. It wasn't until I was back in California hanging out with my favorite friend Teresa that I realized that the travel ship had not quite yet sailed. Teresa is one of those friends that doesn't do well with obstacles. She will always find a way around them to do what she wants, its quite motivating. So while she was telling me about her latest fabulous vacation, I mentioned how much we would love to go over to England but with the baby and all didn't think it would be possible. She was not sold on the excuse. She pointed out that if it was safe for me to fly back and forth to California that it would probably be perfectly fine to fly the equal distance over to London. She then ordered me to talk to my doctor and report back. Truly inspired, I went home, spoke to Todd, spoke to my doctor and three days later we were booked for 8 fabulous days in Europe! Gosh I love her!
We had a fabulous time.
It was so nice just to be with my sweet Todd for 8 uninterrupted days.
It was the perfect pre-baby vacation.
Flying into London
Excited to finally be here! We were shocked its only a 6 hour flight! What have we been doing these last 3 years?!?
We landed at 6am and pretty much hit the ground running. We grabbed some caffeine and headed to Buckingham Palace
While walking to the Palace, this parade of rather impressive people walked by. We felt really bad that we had no idea what they were doing. We even got stopped by some English people wondering the same thing, so we didn't feel quite so dumb.
Buckingham Palace
Cute hubs
Hello!
We took the Underground everywhere. London is so easy to get around and very little has changed since I studied here 10 years ago.
Todd loved himself some English food. Pies stuffed w. steak and cheese...yes please!
Only bummer about being pregnant on vacation, no tasty beer for me :(
Outside our new favorite pub. We got stuck on some European talent show called Eurovision along with every other patron at the bar and stayed all night long. Apparently its quite the television event.
The next day we hopped on a tour bus and headed to Stonehenge, Salisbury Cathedral and Bath. It had finally stopped raining and was a perfect day.
Stonehenge. It was packed and super windy. This started a full day long battle with my hair. It was all over the place from that moment on. :(
Hi there!
So cute!
After Stonehenge we headed to Salisbury to check out the cathedral and to grab lunch. Todd was really excited to finally get some fish and chips. He wasn't quite as excited with me taking pictures of him eating it :)
Walking over to the cathedral
It was so amazing to us how old these buildings are and how well made they are. We could not believe all the history.
Next stop was to Bath. I went here when I studied here in college and always thought Bath was a beautiful town. I wish we could have stayed there longer.
Waiting in line to get into the Roman Baths.
The water definitely did not entice us to go for a swim. The Romans seemed to enjoy it though! :)
Back in London!
Todd in front of the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square. This is one of my favorite museums, unfortunately we got there too late and it was closed :( Next time!
The next day it was all London. In front of the London Eye.
Look kids Big Ben, Parliament!
In front of Westminster Abbey. This was Todd's favorite place in London. There are so many important people buried here and so many events that happened here. He was in heaven.
Westminster Abbey from the front
Tower of London
Another awesome place. Its pretty touristy but there is so much history. We followed a Yeoman around and got the scoop, it was a highlight of our trip.
We tried to make this guard laugh but he wasn't having it. :(
The tower houses 7 ravens and it is a superstition that if the ravens fly away, the monarchy will fall.
Tower Bridge
We only had 3 days in England and we can't wait to go back. The people were so nice and the city was so clean and accessable. We were so bummed to leave, why does vacation have to go by so fast?
23 weeks! 
