Three Days in the England
If you had three days (72 hours) in the UK where would you go? Last year Pretty Handsome Guy and I had this exact dilemna. We had three days to explore London and the surrounding area. It was a whirlwind trip and we walked 10 miles the first day, 8 miles the second and 7 miles the third day. We saw plenty and brought home many pictures and memories.
I was reminded of our trip this week as the world is turning its lens on London for the upcoming Royal wedding. I hope you will enjoy some of the photos from our trip last April.
Warning: This is a photo intensive post, so I promise to keep the chatter to a minimum.
Me in Trafalgar Square with my Starbucks in hand.
Pretty Handsome Guy and I are such American tourists! We HAD to have our Starbucks every morning. Sheesh.
Okay, now that we got our Starbucks confession out of the way…
Tower Bridge over the Thames River
Gnarly trees near Tower of London
Clock Tower (also referred to as Big Ben – although technically Big Ben is the name of the giant bell inside the tower)
One of the towers at Parliament flying the Union Jack
Victoria Memorial outside Buckingham Palace
The winged figure of victory atop Victoria Memorial
The London Eye
The London Eye up close
Parliament and the River Thames at Dusk (taken from the London Eye)
Thames River Reflections after Dark
North Entrance of Westminster Abbey (where William and Kate will tie the knot, but you already knew that.)
Ornate scroll ironwork in Westminster Abbey Courtyard
Speaking of ornate ironwork! A section from gates near Speaker’s corner at Hyde Park
The London Underground aka The Tube
We spent one day in Windsor touring the castle, the town of Windsor and Eton (just across the river from Windsor). I highly recommend taking this day excursion outside of London!
Windsor Castle in the morning
More views of the Round Tower at Windsor Castle
View of the gardens along the hillside just below the Round Tower
Daffodils lining the hillside
The most amazing architectural ceiling I’ve ever seen! St. George’s Cathedral at Windsor Castle
Ornamental door hinge at Windsor Castle
Twin doors with beautiful ironwork hinges. Windsor Castle
I fell head over heels in love with many of the doors in Windsor and Eton. Here are just a few more:
I love the color of these doors!
While at Windsor Castle we saw the obligatory changing of the guard. The royal band played a few songs for the queen. It must have been all request day because they played: Livin’ La Vida Loca by Ricky Martin and Eye of the Tiger by Survivor. I am not kidding! I couldn’t make that up.
We’ll be back to our regularly scheduled DIY posts on Friday! And I’ll be glued to the telly watching the Royal wedding! Am I the only one old enough to remember watching Charles and Diana’s wedding?
I did a study abroad trip to England my Senior year in college (University of Herdforshire) and it was amazing. Loved London. Your pictures turned out much better than mine. But the memories are imprinted in my mind.
I won’t be watching the Royal’s wedding at 4am but can’t wait to see Kate’s dress.
Wow! All those photos look like they could be postcards! What an amazing trip! I traveled to London for work a number of times but sadly never got to do much exploring 🙁
I have always wanted to go. My daughters are getting the opportunity to go to Cork, Ireland and London this summer. I am soo envious.
I remember watching the Royal Wedding between Diana and Prince Charles. Thought it was sooo beautiful back then.
I’ll be glued to the telly watching the Royal wedding too! I took the day off work so I would not miss any part of it…
I also watched Charles and Diana’s wedding as it happened…
I saw Diana and Charles years ago in Ottawa, amazing…(on Will’s 1st birthday)
my hubby was born the day after Charles in 1948…
my youngest daughter was born a few hours after William (the nurses came in a told me all about it that night)
I must admit I miss Diana, so wish she could see her little boy get married… the way I see it we are all going to watch for her….
No, Sweetie – not only did I watch Di & Charles’ wedding, I spent 3 months in London in 1980. It wasn’t a great trip for a lot of reasons, unfortunately. But you’ve made me think – maybe it’s time to blog about it.
Thanks for sharing your wonderful pics!
I loved seeing all your pics. Makes me want to go visit myself.
Wait, That didn’t make any sense. Your post makes me want to go visit too.
Wow – awesome pictures! You are a great photographer!
I would visit family!! Born in England my family moved to the United States because of my dads job at the time. 30+ years later we are still here and I now have a family of my own.
So if I could go back, I would want to visit all my aunts, uncles and cousins. I would also want to take my children to see Buckingham Palace, Tower of London, Warwick Castle, Yorkshire dales, and the list can go on on!
BTW love your pics!
beautiful pictures Brittany! I would love to go there someday!
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Your pictures area amazing!! Thanks for sharing. If you don’t mind my asking, what type of camera & lens did you use for these shots? I’m trying to improve my photography skills and the clarity and saturation that you’ve captured are exactly what I want to be able to do.
And I too remember Diana & Charles wedding…not very well mind you, but I do remember it 🙂
Mandi, well, honestly, those were taken last year with my Kodak point and shoot. I had to do some playing with the saturation and sharpness in Photoshop. Since that trip I purchased a Canon Rebel T1i and I don’t need to do nearly as much photo editing. The camera alone has improved my photography skills immensely!
Wow…well that is one good point and shoot camera. I absolutely love the one of the London Eye, although the first one of the Victoria Memorial also caught my eye…they are all beautiful. I guess I just need to learn to love Photoshop if I want my photos to look like that. Thanks again for sharing.
I remember Charles & Diana’s wedding. The summer after my senior year of college. Was living in at the Sigma Nu (frat house) with a girlfriend. We made all the guys get up with us to watch!!!!
Thanks for the photos, it was like reliving my past trip to London.
I am seriously jealous. The photos are gorgeous and it looks like you guys had such an awesome time. Thanks for sharing! 🙂
What a fun trip! I love the one of your hubby by the fountain. Also, your door pictures are way nicer than the one PB is currently selling for $280! You should totally do a knock off one day when you are slightly less stressed.
Good grief! $280! I just popped over there and you are right, that is outrageous for one photo of a door framed. I do like the old english doors myself 😉
Maybe I should print and frame one for my next follower giveaway.