I take pictures.
In October we made a return trip to Italy. After a hectic year, it was a much needed, long-in-the-making trip. This time Channing came along—which always makes for a fun adventure—for her first trip to Italy. We spent about 5 days total, with 3 days in Florence and 2 in…
Back in May we took a quick train ride out of London and headed to the small town of Rye in East Sussex. Rye finds itself on lots of the ‘day trips from London’ lists that live all over the internet. Rightfully so. It’s a beautiful little town with beautiful…
Blenheim Palace has long been on my list of sites I’ve wanted to visit during my time in England. We finally made it there back in November. One of the biggest homes in England and the only non-royal, non-church related house in the country to hold the title of Palace…
Today made it very clear that Summer is dead. I had to wear a coat all day. The clouds felt very heavy – but never broke. Just hung low to the ground and loomed with threats of rain. This first London summer was fleeting – or at least felt like…
I was going to title this post ‘A Trip to Wales’. But that wouldn’t be accurate because it was only a trip to Cardiff. Then I realized I didn’t actually take any pictures of Cardiff. I really only took pictures of Cardiff Castle. So this is a post about Cardiff…
On the same day as our visit to Highate Cemetery, we stumbled upon Kenwood House. Located on a hill overlooking Hamstead Heath – a massive green space in north London, it’s an imposing and beautiful house. It’s full of really incredible art including a self portrait by Rembrant. My favorite room in…
Highgate Cemetery has been on our list of places to visit since our trip to London last summer. There wasn’t a super compelling reason why, it’s just one of those things that end up on your list. There are two parts to the cemetery, one which is much more restricted because of…
As I mentioned in my post about Manor Hill House, there was another stately country home near Richmond to see. Ham House is situated on the banks of the River Thames, and was roughly across the river from Manor Hill House. There appeared to be two ways to get there. We could…
Coming across a sunny weekend here in London, it seemed appropriate to venture out and see something fun. So we set out across town by tube for Richmond, west of London. It’s a very pretty (and slightly posh) part of west London that neatly features the River Thames. Using our Art…
Canterbury was the first away-day trip we’ve taken since moving to London. It wasn’t a bad choice, either! Being new to London means I haven’t really found a reason to leave yet, because there is still much I haven’t seen here, let alone across the rest of the country. Anyway,…
