Family & Friends

This past week has been so busy and hectic but very worth it because I got to spend time with some of my favorite people :) On Saturday, Emeri arrived and we went out to eat and caught up! She had just finished a 7 week study abroad program in Copenhagen, Denmark. After eating, we joined my friends that night to go to a club in London and have some fun.

 Sunday morning, my family arrived early and we met them and ate lunch in Hyde Park because the weather has been incredibly nice the past week. Afterwards while my family went to take a little nap, Emeri and I went on a 5 mile walk around downtown London. We saw spots like Soho, Piccadilly circus, Trafalgar Square, and Covent Garden. We then met up with my family and made our way to Tower Bridge and the Tower of London!

  Tower of London!

Monday, we had a busy day doing touristy things. We started the day off with a trip to Buckingham Palace to see the changing of the Guard. We then ventured to Westminster, Big Ben, Parliament, and the London Eye (They are all very close to one another). Then it was off to Harrods to have High Tea again! I was really excited because I had such a great time my first time doing high tea! We ended the day at another local pub enjoying British food and celebrating the lowered drinking age with Kelly.

Buckingham Palace

Parliament & Big Ben

Harrods

On Tuesday Emeri left and we went on the Harry Potter studio tour. It was amazing. I had the best time and the studio was sooo big!  It took us around 4 hours and Kelly and I totally geeked out the whole time. I think like 400 pictures were taken while we were there! I think my favorite parts were Dumbledore's office, Diagon Alley, drinking Butterbeer, and seeing the Castle!

 

Flourish & Blotts on Diagon Alley!

Huge model of the Castle. The actual one used in the HP movies!

We are now in Edinburgh, Scotland! It is absolutely beautiful here and the architecture of the city is just breathtaking! I love it here so much. I will post about it later this week as we are about to head to dinner :) 

xoxox