Travel Tuesday for 9.8.15: London & Birmingham, UK
Traveled: July 2015, Solo
London was my next stop on my mini UK tour after Edinburgh this past July. As I mentioned on my Scotland post, I made the trip to visit my dear friend Emily and her husband Matt who are currently living in Birmingham. I figured while I was there I might as well do some sightseeing.
London was my very first passport stamp back when I was in grade school. My grandparents took me to visit family (my grandmother was originally from England and I still have family in Manchester) and then I also visited a couple times in college as well. It had been way too long since I made the trip so I was quite excited to see the city, especially after living in NYC. I only had a couple days there and the weather was being decidedly uncooperative, which was par for the course on this trip. However, I still managed to roam a good amount and of course made sure to catch a sighting of Big Ben and walk along the Thames.
In addition to a couple days in London, I hopped on the train to Birmingham to see Matt and Em (and made sure to take some lovely maternity photos with Emily as well!). Birmingham was much quieter then London, but still a great middle sized city. It’s always fun to see a place with locals and visit with old friends.
This will not be the last trip to England as I’m already getting excited to plan my next trip to meet the new little one next spring!
