Thursday we visited London  – what a whirlwind day! It was the warmest day in London this year and it was gorgeous. We started the day with a walking tour and saw the changing of the guards – coolest thing ever! Our tour guide was phenomenal and took us on an hour and a half Read More

Today (Wednesday) was a bittersweet day. We had to say goodbye to Laura and Daniel who were awesome tour guides and great hosts. We proceeded on to the next leg of our trip. The morning was super relaxing – packing and a visit to the grocery store was all that was needed. Laura drove us Read More

Tuesday, our last full day in Nottingham was one of the most exciting. We woke up early and drove up to Derbyshire to hike the dales. (A shire is similar to a county in the US). We chose a short eight mile hike with a treat at the end, a visit to the Chatsworth House. Read More

We had a little bit of a late start today…maybe the time change is affecting us a wee bit more than we thought initially 🙂 We took a double-decker bus into Nottingham to experience the history and the legends. We walked around the center of Nottingham for a little bit and then headed to see Read More

Sunday was our first full morning in the UK and we seemed to be adjust to the time difference better than I (Rich) had expected. After a much needed night of sleep we watched Mark play in his U19 football league. Afterwards we went out to our first pub where I had the Sunday roast Read More

We arrived at the airport and went through security without a hassle. We had two hours to wait for our flight which ended up being longer due to delays with our plane in Philadelphia. While waiting, we hear TSA announce over the loudspeaker “Would Vera Bradley please come back to the TSA checkpoint and claim Read More