Our Trip!

Luke and I both had an amazing trip to UK and Europe. We went to visit Luke's older sister Christine. She's moving back to the US and asked us to bring back 4 huge suitcases full of her stuff back for her. We arrived in London at 9:30 am on Tuesday April 2. We arrived about an hour late and very tired after an 8 hour direct flight. We spent that day walking around the outer parts of London and St. Paul's Cathedral. This is where Princess Diana got married. We walked aroung a small English town called Blackheath where we had our first english meal, fish-n-chips. We were totally tired by early evening so we went back to Christine's flat where we had spaghetti with tomato and mascrapone sauce. YUMMY! we had that 3 times while we were there and we really loved it. The next morning, we were off to Paris for a 3 hour train ride under the English channel. (we were only under it for about 20 minutes). Paris was great and brought Luke and I alot closer. The language was alot harder than I thought and we really had to work together to move around the city. Here's what we saw in our two days in Paris:

Sacre Couer

Moulin Rouge (not AT ALL like the movie)

The Opera House

Notre Dame (our favorite in Paris)

Eiffel Tower day and night

Arc Du Triomphe

The Louvre

And our 1 night hotel

We had such a great time but it was definetley a power trip for only two days. These pictures just don't do any justice. The whole city is so old with so much history and the architecture is BEAUTIFUL!!!! it was a dirty smelly city though but we loved trying to figure out the metro.

London was great. We saw all the sights Big Ben, Parliament, Westminster Abbey, the London Eye, Picadilly circus, Trafalgar Square, The Prime Meridian, Tower Bridge, all that fun stuff. Plus, we got to hunt down and see Platform 9 3/4!! While in London, we took in a musical. WICKED:the Musical. It was great and funny to see the story behind the Wizard of Oz. I won't give anything out but many twists and turns. Luke and I had a day to ourselves in Oxford. That was so pretty. This city is really old and you can feel it just being there. It's like being in a different time. The pace is so slow and relaxed and the buildings just exhude history. I mean, C.S. Lewis was a student and taught there; how amazing. We also had our very first Cornish Pasty's for lunch and they were yummy. Mine was chicken and vegetables and Luke's was a potroast type. Cheap there but that's like 5 USdollars. YUMMY!

Overall we had a great trip and it was like being on a second honeymoon. Almost a week later and we're still alittle jet lagged and still adjust to the 6 hour time difference we got used to in one week. Thanks Christine for letting us get out there. And Praise God for an opportunity of a lifetime.