One of my favorite pictures from Oxford :)
This past weekend was actually the first chance we had to get away from Oxford. On Friday we headed for London with two of our friends who are from our law school but part of a different program. We got to London about noon, and headed for Harrods/Harvey Nichols for some Yo Sushi!. After a great meal, went to Buckingham Palace, then to Westminster Abbey and Big Ben. All the touristy stuff. We are going back next week, so that should be much better since we were only in London for a few hours. We then caught the train to Sittingbourne and spent the night at Sam and Louise's. Next day another set of friends, Alison and Matt, came to get us and we headed to Brighton. Brighton is the southern-most part of England and is on the English Channel. It was a beautiful day for walking around the pier and around the little shops. After a few hours, we headed back to Canterbury for dinner. Today we visited Bluewater, which is considered the largest mall in Europe. Definitely not as big as some of the malls we have at home, but still equally impressive! And no, Kristen did not buy anything....
Anyway, after a great weekend thanks to our friends, we headed back to Oxford, and here I am, typing away and updating/uploading photos! This weekend we are off to London, and next week (15th-17th) we are off to Dublin!
Yo Sushi (next 4 pics courtesy of Gevork) :)
With a BOBBIE!
Big Ben
Westminster Abbey
No, we didn't really get married...but thought it was funny..we both look miserable, don't we? :)
Are there really beer gardens?
On the pier in Brighton with Matt and Alison.
Canterbury Cathedral....at least, the main gate.
Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury...I am still convinced that Marlowe is better than Shakespeare...or rather, I believe the conspiracy theories to be true- that Marlowe actually wrote a bunch of plays when he was hiding in Italy, and sent them back to England in his pen name of William Shakespeare :)
On the beach in Brighton. There is definitely no sand. I cringed when I saw the hordes of people laying out on these rocks. Ouch.
The English Channel behind us.
On the pier.
This was pretty funny.
London- a $4000 stuffed teddy bear...kids these days, right??
In front of Buckingham Palace with Ellen and Gevork.
The guard in front of Buckingham.
Big Ben. Still big as ever.
I swear peacocks are as common as pigeons. Sam and Louise's house has 3 peacocks that LIVE in their garden.
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