Across The Pond, Part I

For Kaity's high school graduation and our 20th wedding anniversary, Jeff and I took Kaity on what was likely a once-in-a-lifetime adventure to England! We loved plotting out every minute of our itinerary from flight plans to restaurants to tourist must-sees to ancestry connections to out-of-the-way quirky places we didn't want to miss. We left off far more that we wanted to, but felt that our schedule was as packed tight as possible. My mom asked me when we were planning to sleep and I told her we could sleep when we got back home!

June 6, 2018

On the plane, direct from Atlanta to London! Jeff's first airplane flight.

We rented a car at Heathrow and drove straight out to Windsor Castle.

St. George and the dragon!

After Windsor, we drove to our Airbnb to park the car. We spent the rest of the day using our Oyster cards to travel around London using the Tube.

"Mind the gap!"

One of the places I was most looking forward to was the Churchill Rooms at the Imperial War Museum. I'm fascinated with WWI/II history and could have easily doubled our time here!

I loved this sign! Kaity is going to make a replica for me.

The rooms were preserved as they were abandoned at the end of WWII, allowing for a truly unique insight into what the atmosphere was like.

The classic London phone boxes were everywhere, so naturally we did the tourist thing and took pictures!

We made a special stop at Earl's Court just so we could see a real live (not really) TARDIS (Doctor not included).

From a distance, we also spotted another iconic London landmark ...

... which is unfortunately undergoing restoration at this time, so the scaffolding obscures it. Elizabeth Tower is famous for being the clock tower which houses the bell we all know as Big Ben.

So that sums up Day One! Stay tuned for the next installment in which we see the Queen, discover the Leaky Cauldron, feed the birds, and eat proper fish and chips!