Closing Time

This will be by far the smallest blog post I've written but I figured that two weeks without one and my return on Friday merits a post. 

To sum up my last two weeks.. my parents came to London on June 2 and I spent the week with them before they returned home on June 9. We toured a half dozen museums, rode the London Eye, walked in the historic Westminster Abbey and Tower of London, and watched two Broadway shows (Jersey Boys and Les Miserables). A fun bonus to London at the time was the celebrations for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. We lined the Thames River with 1.2 million others to see the royal family float down the river in the river pageant. We also got to make a day trip to Bath and then the parents came up to see me in Chester for a day.

Mom and me on the London Eye with Westminster behind us

The river Avon in Bath

Dad and me in Chester

I stayed in London a few days after my parents left and saw three more shows, Billy Elliot, Thriller Live, and Rock of Ages. Needless to say, these three shows were nothing in comparison to the other two I saw the week prior. My last English travels were from London down to Brighton in the South of England. A rocky beach and a rainy day awaited me there!

Trafalgar Square, London

Brighton's beach

Now it’s time for packing, enjoying the company of my friends, and savoring my last days in England. I’m ready to be home, but at the same time, I don’t want to leave this place. The people I’ve met and the experiences I’ve been blessed with are some of the fondest memories I've had in my life. Not ready for the goodbyes!