I'm Leaving on a Jet Plane

Well this may be my last blog post, at least for a while. It is sad leaving this wonderful trip and words can not express how amazing and life changing it is. For now, here is a video of how I'm feeling sitting at the Heathrow airport after saying goodbye to all my new friends:

And because I am so thankful for everyone who has supported me on this trip and everyone who has been keeping up with my adventures, this is a video I made to show you my semester:

England in a Day

Today Mark and I were up super early to head out for a 14 hour tour that pretty much took us all over England! We started off leaving from London and heading to Windsor Castle and getting there right when it opened to visitors, not to mention the Queen was there! Though we did not get to see her. Windsor castle is beautiful and I can see why it is the Queen's favorite residence. They do not allow pictures inside so I only have a few photos from the outside. Pretty much the gist of Windsor Castle is that the Royal family owns a lot of stuff from all over the world. They also own enormous palaces that go pretty much unused... I think I found the solution to world hunger, get the Queen to sell some of the stuff she doesn't use...

(So obviously I did not take this picture but it showed up on twitter while we were there. Look how cute Prince George is!!)

After Windsor Castle we were finally off to Stonehenge (the one place Mark actually wanted to go to). It was much warmer than I had expected and the sun came out while we were there which was amazing! Since the last time I was there in the beginning of the semester, the path around the stones was moved closer so you are about 5 feet from the outer rocks!

After Stonehenge we stopped at Lacock for lunch. Lacock is a little village that has been preserved to look like the original state. There are no electrical wires out or tv antenna. The city/ village is a common spot for filming! Harry Potter was filmed there and we got to walk the path that Harry and Dumbledore walk in Godrics Hollow!!!! 

Our last stop of the day was Bath. Unfortunately the Roman Baths were closed by the time we got there so we spent some time looking at the Christmas Market before grabbing some Hot Chocolate at the extravagant starbucks. 

By the time we got back we were so exhausted from our day and we have to get up early tomorrow to get Mark to the airport so it was bedtime for us! It seems like the weekend went by so quickly but I will be back home in less than a week and will get to see everyone again! 

I Came, I Saw, I Conquered

Well Rome was amazing! Here are more pictures from the weekend