All caught up

Ok well, that should get me up to date. I will post some more pictures of my latest adventures in London when I get back. I am going to see the musical Wicked which I am so excited for! Until then, cheers!

Bamburgh Castle

Here is another castle that I went to. It is amazing! It is right on the sea front and is supposedly haunted by several ghosts. There are actually 5 apartments there also where people can live, wish I could rent one of those!

Vindolanda

Ok, so I have been dating one of the locals here for a few months now (against my father's advice not to date a limey, ha ha sorry dad) and he took me to this place called Vindolanda. It was an old Roman village built in about 223 AD. It was fantastic and there is an active archeological dig still going on. In the museum they have a whole wall of old gladiator sandals that have been found, a bunch of coins, painted glass, and jewelry that have been found.

Dublin, Ireland

Well, I finally made one of my dreams come true and I went to Ireland! I have wanted to go to Ireland since I was little kid and I wrote many school reports on the country. Dublin was great, the people were so friendly and helpful, one gentleman even walked about half a mile with me to help me find the place I was looking for. I toured the Jameson Whiskey Distillery, the Guiness factory, Christchurch, Dublin Castle, walked along the river Liffy, went to a really fantastic market, and went to a service at St. Patrick's Cathedral. I ate a full Irish Breakfast, which is better than a full English Breakfast. :) I also went to Trinity College and saw the book of Kells, which is an ancient, illustrated version of the gospels of the bible. Trinity College was amazing and I fell in love with my tour guide's accent!

London

Hello everyone,
Sorry I haven't been posting anything lately, it takes forever to put pictures on here. Anyway, I went to London in June and loved it. I crammed in as much as possible and still have lots to see. I'm actually going back this weekend, don't worry the rioting is over and I will be fine. I was actually right on the street where the riots started at about 2am and it really wasn't bad in terms of safety, I didn't feel unsafe there. Anyway, in London I saw Buckingham Palace, rode the London Eye, went to Covent Garden, Trafalgar Square, Picidilly Circus, the British Museum, Westminster and Portobello Road. There is so much to do in London and it is a very diverse city, you can literally hear about 6 different language being spoken just walking down the street. I got lost for about an hour on the underground when I first got there but it actually wasn't too bad once I finally figured out where I was going.