Sunday was our big walking day. I think by the time we got back to our hotel that night, Zach's fitbit said that we had walked 12 miles! We woke up bright and early that day and walked a short way to Kensington Garden. Man does that place not disappoint! It was so beautiful and Zach and I could see ourselves spending a whole summer day there. We walked down to the Peter Pan statue which has always been on my bucket list to see. It reminded me of watching Hook with my brother when I was a little girl.
We then took the tube to St. Paul's Cathedral. We didn't go inside, but we walked right past it and I was able to get some nice shots of the exterior.
We then walked across the Thames on Millennium Bridge to see Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. That Tudor style architecture gets me every time. I would love to live in a Tudor style home someday.
Next we made our way to the Tower of London, my favorite spot in the city. I'm a massive nerd when it comes to medieval times and walking around a medieval fortress is just a dream come true. I love imagining what it must have been like to walk around those grounds hundreds of years ago. We had fun checking out all of the armor, swords, and of course the crown jewels.
By this point our feet were hurting and we were very hungry so it was definitely time for lunch. We took the tube over to Oxford Street and ate at Nando's. Nando's had been on my list of places to eat because I've heard so many people talk about it. It was easily the best thing we ate the entire trip. It is a Portuguese style chicken place and just... it was amazing. Our favorite thing was the fried halloumi cheese. It was *chef's kiss* delicious.
We checked out a few shops along Oxford Street like Primark and Boot's and I took a picture of the store Hawes & Curtis since my maiden name is Haws and it's basically the same name haha. We then made our way over to the British Museum. Zach was very excited to see the Rosetta Stone and I loved seeing their Greek collection. They have many pieces from the Parthenon there that are really cool to see. I think our favorite part was the gift shop though! Haha we really realized how much we love gift shops on this trip!
After the museum we took the tube down to Green Park Station and walked up to Buckingham Palace. The leaves were bright orange here and it made my autumn loving heart so happy! We heard someone say that when the flag on top of Buckingham Palace is at full mast that means the queen is home. The flag was indeed at full mast so we did a little wave to the queen and spent a few minutes walking around the square.
At this point our trip was finally coming to an end so we headed back to Paddington and bought a few of our favorite British snacks to bring home. We ate dinner at a little Italian restaurant down the street from our hotel and then called it a day.
The next morning we had an Uber take us to the airport and then we were off on our flight back to the good 'ole USA. It was fun to watch the screens that showed where we were flying because they took us up over Scotland and then over Iceland, Greenland, the Hudson Bay and then down through Canada and the central United States. We were very lucky to be on a pretty empty flight so we were able to stretch out and get comfortable.
We were so happy to see our babies again when we got home and according to my parents they did very well. It definitely was nice to get a little break from reality for a few days! Till next time, England!
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