THE WONDERFUL LONDON!!!!

There are some places that weve gone to on this trip where we just cannot stop taking pictures. London was definetly one of those places! so this blog post is going to have A LOT more pictures than usual.
We really wished we could have had more time in london. you could seriously just sped a week there and be fine with it. there was a lot to see but we saw a lot of it in a couple days.
we used the underground subway to get around which is really convenient.

and this was like the only city where you could eat at a restaurant and it be good food! we were so happy to be eating good food for a change.

and o my goodness! people in london have such good style too! it makes you really jealous. but adam did let me buy a dress that was on sale for 10 pounds. thats like 15 american dollars.

we also went to a lot of museums and galleries while we were there. we went to museums where there were mummies and old ancient things from roman times and egyptian times. we even saw the rosetta stone. We saw things that were sooo old. And in the galleries we saw art from artists like rembrandt, monet, van gough, picasso, and many more i cant think of at the moment. their art in person is so much more interesting in real life rather than a text book. we werent able to take pictures though because there are no cameras allowed inside.

in london there is a very diverse crowd. not everyone is a white english person. theres a huge mix. it was a great city and i would love to go back!

these red phone booths are everywhere

the gates next to buckingham palace that lead into green park. everything is just so pretty.

fountain in front of buckingham palace

buckingham palace

the changing of the guards. we couldnt see where we were at.

london underground..

adam in front of the english parliment building

big ben

english parliament as well. theyre buildings are so dang cool

london bridge

these are pictures of a protest that is happening in london. its for people in sri lanka. we dont know too much about it. there were 100's maybe even thousands of people protesting with signs and chanting things. there were tons of police and police cars everywhere.

i know that was a big post but there is so much to say and show about london.


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OUR HOSTEL IN LONDON

so we made it to london and LOVE it! its really incredible city! before we came here, someone from ireland told me london was like new york city except with history and its so true!
it took us a very long time and a lot of aimless walking to find our hostel but it was definetly the best hostel we stayed in. It was some sort of a house that was turned into a hostel but it looked like it was once a mansion. it was very beautiful in side! lots of solid wood, high ceilings, pretty molding, and detailed wood work. and it was the only hostel that offered a bed that was a double sized bed.
this entire trip we have been going and going on VERY little sleep. its seriously the adrenaline of being in a new city that keeps us going. at this hostel was one of our first chances to sleep in. and it was sooo nice!

the outside of our hostel

the entrance way where reception was.

our bed. they had a whole room of double beds that were bunk beds all the way to the ceiling and curtains that went around each one.

the ceiling of the "hang out" lounge area. i was obsessed with this ceiling

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the little engine that could.. NOT

so after Dublin we were flying to London which we thought was going to be easy compared to all the other crazy flight mishaps we've had on this trip. WRONG! we've decided that this is just what happens to us. we are destined to just have flight issues.
ok so this is what happened.. we got on our flight as planned and they started up the plane and started to go ut onto the runway. i guess it was when they were doing the engine tests, the plane started smoking. o they sent out mechanics on the runway to see if they could fix it but they couldnt figure it out so they alled out the firemen and 2 firemen came into our plane to check if the back inside of the plane was on fire(it wasnt). then they evacuatd everyone on the plane right there and when we walked down the stairs out on to the ground there were 6 fireengines surrounding the plane with giant water jets facing the planein case it were to blow up in flames i guess. there were also tons of police and other airport people around. so we all sat ina terminal staring out the window at our poor plane. we all thought the flight would be delayed because we'd have to switch planes... wrong again!
heres the crazy part... after about 30 minutes they had us all load back on the very same plane and we flew off in it all the way to london! needless to say it was a terrifying flight. every little noise or bump or anything made you think "o my gosh were going down!"
they later came on the speakers and announces what had happened (which by the way i dont think in america with an american airline they would tell u in detail what happened).
they said there was an oil leak and it was dripping on something that was causing it to smoke so they patched up the tube.

well we made it safely of course thank God!





i wish i would have got my camera out sooner when we walked down the steps so i could have gotten better close up pictures.


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DUBLIN

So were in Dublin before we fly out to London. Ya know, im not gona lie.. i was sadly dissapointed with Dublin. I mean its definetly a cool city but not my favorite by any means. i think its kinda scary too.. like sketchy especially at night. weve been in about 3 major cities since we've been here (i guess 4 if you count new york) and its my least favorite of them. we didnt really do much while here. we went to the dublin castle which sounds like it would be a really good castle because its in the capitol of ireland but nope! its totally not! its like part of whats left of the castle and stuff built around it. we went inside of an old church too and it was cool. well heres some pics we took from the day.

ok ok ok so maybe im being a little harsh on Dublin. i really shouldnt be.

our set of bunk beds.

a lot of the pubs have cool little buildings. by the way we dontknow that girl but it looks like we wer taking a picture of her.

a cathedral with a pretty little park

this is the castle. this is pretty much all thats left of it. it looks like they built some sort of government building onto it

us in the courtyard of the castle

adam just had to take a picture of this. if you know just how weird he is or how much he loves weird words or names then maybe this makes sense.
everything in europe has weird names

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JUST AN FYI

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GARDENS AT POWERSCOURT= AMAZING

This place was just about 12 miles south of Dublin and is one of the most beautiful places.  Its a huge castle with the craziest, biggest gardens ever! i say garden-s because there ae multiple gardens.  the property its on is huge.  everything is very beautiful.  the only let down is the inside of the castle.  you can only go in 2 rooms and theyre not that cool at all.  another place we could have taken a ton of pics at.   the reason we were so into going to this place in the beginning is because in the movie, the count of monte cristo, there's a house he buys after hes rich and this is the house he bought and they filmed at! 

main garden

front of building

there was a lake with a fountain at the end of the steps

looking out from the front

it had many levels of steps in the front

there were lots of pretty gates

these were stones all hand laid

a fort/tower.  we think he just made it for fun.. its not anywhere where it would be used to protect

cannons on top of the tower

there was a second statue he was going to imitate but it was very... permiscuous..

the japanese gardens

i made adam take a pic of me here cuz it reminded me of a scene in the movie twilight where theyre int he forest and they leaning against a rock.. ya know the part where he gets ridiculous and starts throwing branches..

neither cheese nor soda?

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