Last weekend my boyfriend Daniel came to visit me in London :) He is originally from Portsmouth, England. We first met when he studied abroad at MSU a year ago and its been happy days ever since! Our hotel was in Peckham because we wanted to go as cheap as possible, but still, you know, clean. Peckham is a little urban area that...
Fancy hats, horse races, pitchers of Pims . . . Friday I spent the day partaking in what is perhaps the greatest British tradition of all time, the Royal Ascot! Dressed in our most elegant headwear and lightweight summer dresses, we boarded the train from London to Ascot. The sun was shining bright and the sky was the clearest blue, so in a...
Friday, as we were lazing the day away, my flatmate Sarah and I concluded that we should probably get dressed and join the outside world. Best quick fix for a lazy day? Shopping! The nice thing about Covent Garden is that there is always something to do/see. On this extremely sunny day we were witness to crowds of locals, tourists and street performers...
Saturday was a fabulous day because one of my best friends from home flew all the way to London to visit me. What better way to spend the day than showing her all of my favorite sites! We ventured out that sunny afternoon to all of the classics: Buckingham, Big Ben, the Eye, and of course, the obligatory red phone booth. My ensemble...
On this, my first visit to Camden Town, I decided to portray a typical London style; black simplicity. My Guess leather jacket and I took the tube from Waterloo to meet up with my friend Katie and have a look around the market. I found a few little trinkets, one a jewelry holder, and then some other souvenirs to take home to the...
