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Exciting times began as we welcomed the Heazlewoods to London. Larissa was most joyous to see her family and we showed them around London for a few days before embarking on our UK adventure. Our first stop was the beautiful town of Cambridge. We were overwhelmed by its pretty old buildings, bridges, and colleges. It would bring a whole new meaning to University if you studied here that's for sure. The most outstanding feature was the King's College Chapel, an outstanding feat of Gothic architecture. Check out the Photos.
See our favorite Cambridge shots!
We read in the papers that Wimbledon was coming up, but it took us a while to realize that it was too big an opportunity to miss. The hype of the tournament is huge in London. It actually took over football on the back two pages of the sport section in the papers which was absurd. At the last minute, Aleisha, Larissa, and I decided we had to go. So we got up real early and headed down to SW17 to line up in the rain. We were only going to buy ground tickets, but it so happened that we ended up with the opportunity to buy the last 3 court 2 tickets, so we thought it was meant to be and got them. This was a good move as we were able to see Martina Hingis (pictured), Justine Henin, and Tommy Haas all play. We all agreed it was one of the most memorable days of our lives so far.
see our Wimbledon pics!
Well, what can i say. I didn't know what to expect. Some people expressed little excitement at the prospect, while others had claimed to love it. After the weekend, I agree with the later. There were so many things to see and none of them (except maybe the moulin rouge) disappointed my expectations. The Louvre was overwhelming. The history and magnificence of the building alone, let alone the contents of the museum within (eg. ol Mona Lisa), was overwhelming. We walked for seemingly hours in public park lands linking the Louvre to the Eiffel tower and the Arc de triumph (imagine someone country today building a stupidly enormous monument such as this over many years to commemorate an achievment in a war. It's rreeeaaaallllllly big). The highlight for me was being up on the top of Notre Dame as the sun faded, taking some awesome shots of Paris fading into night! A pretty cool experience.see our paris photos
Hey yall. Over the weekend we decided to hire a car and headed down to the south east coast of mother England. Dover town was nice, but not as overwhelming as the White Cliffs of Dover. We had a great time walking along the most unsafe and unfenced cliffs. The views were great! When I mentioned our trip to Mum, she started singing me a song which included the words "the white cliffs of dover". It was a good performance, and added weight to the importance of our trip. We sampled some fish and chips and then proceeded north up to Deal castle. We enjoyed a humorous audio tour of one of the castles that was built to defend England after King Henry displeased Rome by breaking from the Roman Catholic Church, and installed himself as the Head of the new Anglican Church.
our deal and dover pics
Exciting times began as we welcomed the Heazlewoods to London. Larissa was most joyous to see her family and we showed them around London for a few days before embarking on our UK adventure. Our first stop was the beautiful town of Cambridge. We were overwhelmed by its pretty old buildings, bridges, and colleges. It would bring a whole new meaning to University if you studied here that's for sure. The most outstanding feature was the King's College Chapel, an outstanding feat of Gothic architecture. Check out the Photos.
