{the city that stole my heart}

Spring break. Like, where do I even begin. A dream come true? The best thing to ever happen to me? My wanna-be home away from home? The most beautiful city ever? The classiest I've ever felt? The best week of my life?

LONDON. Even looking at the word makes me smile from ear to ear. London London London. Eee! Going to this beautiful city has been a dream of mine for as long as I can remember. When the opportunity came up to go on a week long study abroad with the School of Business, I jumped (mostly for joy) at the chance. While there, we visited about ten different companies and during our spare time mixed in every tourist thing you can think of. I'm not kidding, we did it all. Here's a recap. And I mean a big recap...so prep yourself and enjoy.

Favorite Memories

+LES MIS x1000000

+St. Paul's Cathedral

+Wandering the streets

+Eating chocolate every single night before bed

+Playing cards on the quad at Oxford

+The British Museum (even though we had to power walk it in one freaking hour)

+Blenheim Palace

+The quaintness of Notting Hill

+Early morning bike ride through Kensington Gardens

Somerset House

(All pictures go from top left and rotate clockwise)

First sighting of Big Ben/a double decker bus/St. Paul's Cathedral, Ashley and I

Top of St. Paul's, Big Ben at Night, Treats on the steps of St. Paul's, David Beckham and I love each other

Big Ben at night, me trying to fit into English culture on the tube,, Kait and I at the National Portrait Gallery, some enthusiastic British dude

Crazy architecture slash don't remember which building this is, floating Yoda, National Portrait Gallery, the temple in the Da Vinci Code 

LES MIS (aka best thing/cried so hard), a riot in London, classic telephone pic, slash the doors to the telephone booths don't open sometimes

British Museum

Tube escalator, enjoying a diet coke on the top of Barclay's Bank, Tower of London, flower stands

Our new friends from Qatar, BIG BEN, Tower Bridge, Eating the yummiest ice cream ever 

Wicked, Notting Hill, LDS Visitors Center, Abbey Road

Blenheim Palace

Blenheim Palace

Oxford

Tower Bridge at night/oxford during the day/classic tourist pic

I could go on and on about what a dream come true this was, but I could literally write for hours. Bottom line is that we had the best group, the coolest sites, the yummiest chocolate and the greatest time.

LONDON YOU HAVE MY HEART FOR EVER AND EVER.

xoxo