More British-ness

Here are the rest of the pictures from my trip, enjoy!

 Caldicot Castle in Wales 

 Scary stairs (I had to turn my feet sideways to get down) 

 the ADORABLE cottage we stayed in (in Carmarthenshire, Wales)

 I could just live here. 

 Pembrokeshire Coast, sooooooo pretty. Can you see the roof of the little chapel at the bottom?

 St. Govan's chapel - from the 8th century 

 Random sign in Welsh.... it is so hard to pronounce 

 pub in Oxford where C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien would hang out 

 The tower of London 

 St. Martin-in-the-Fields, we had an ancestor baptised there 

 changing of the guard 

 Big Ben 

 Covent Garden Market... some of the best shopping ever 

 St. Paul's Cathedral at night. Wow, just wow. 

 Gown of Princess Diana's 

 Hollywood costume exhibit at the Victoria and Albert Museum (I saw the ruby slippers!) 

 Shout out to Sorella Paige Wightman! 

 Peter Pan statue in Kensington Gardens 

 Italian Gardens in Hyde Park, Prince Albert had this built for Queen Victoria... awe. 

 tee hee. 

 changing of the horse guard 

 the Rosetta Stone 

Since tomorrow is Halloween, I give you the creepiest real mummy I have ever seen (they painted a face on it!) 

Trafalgar Square at night

Looking at all these pictures is making me want to go back. It was such a fun trip. I love British people and British things, I think I should just live there. 

You should go there. Seriously. You will not regret it. And when you go, eat some English bacon for me. And the organic yogurt. And then go sit by the Peter Pan statue for a little bit. And then bring me back a plate with Will and Kate's face on it. And then ask the Queen if I can have tea with her. 

Actually, I should probably just go with you. 

London Trip

I just got back from my London trip last night and needless to say, I had an amazing time there. I didn't want to come home, it was such a great trip!

I love British people. They are so great. I love how they say, "mind the gap" when you get off the Tube, or "I fancied a holiday..." ahhhh!!! It was all just so great.

It's going to take me a while to blog about everything I did, so I'll start with the first part of our trip, which was Bath. Here are some pics:

 Regency Tea Room at the Jane Austen Centre

 The Royal Crescent 

 Well's (not Wales) Cathedral 

ummm...something weird happened here. But this is the Glastonbury Tor... a place that is rumored to be the mystical island of Avalon.....? 

 view from the top of the Tor 

 Glastonbury Abbey 

 King Arthur's grave?.....

 Ok, this tree has a cool story behind it. The story is that Joseph of Arimathea would come to Glastonbury to sell and trade tin. After Christ was crucified, he took a branch from a tree, brought it to Glastonbury, and put the branch in the ground. When he did, it grew and blossomed. This tree only blooms on Christmas and Easter and the Queen is always given a branch from the tree on Christmas morning. 

 Annndd... this is the Chalice Wells Gardens. A place where Joseph of Arimathea is rumored to have hidden the Holy Grail, and the locals say the water is red from the blood of Christ

 Yes. you can drink the water. It tastes like rust. 

 The well. 

 Another sign about Joseph 

 The Roman Baths! 

 Stonehenge 

 Avebury Stone Circle (which is actually a little bit cooler than Stonehenge, in my opinion) 

 This was the Inn where Elizabeth met Darcy in Pride and Prejudice! 

 Castle Combe

Our b&b in Bath

There are the first few days of our trip! I will blog some more and post more pictures. 

Fall Tea Party

For Young Womens last week, I was unexpectedly in charge of the Laurel activity. I talked with the class president and we both came up with a really cute, last minute activity: a fall tea party!

For a craft, Maddie (the laurel president) found a great idea: we bought white teacups and decorated them with permanent marker, they turned out really cute. 

Menu:

Orange and Spice Tea

Bengal Spice Tea (you HAVE to try this)

Herbal Peach Tea

Hot Chocolate

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins 

The girls with their finished cups! Except... you can't really see them, but I promise they were cute. 

I think this fall tea party thing may have to become a new tradition