9 Days Left in Counting

Hard to believe that my adventures here in Europe are coming to an end. So much to do in such a short time. I still have museums to see, important places to visit, musicals to see, places to eat and so much more! London can't be fully appreciated in 6 weeks so I hope, more than anything, that fate will bring me back somehow. I think about what it would be like to live here. What if I wasn't going home? Would I like living here among the city life; among the craziness? My mom actually sent me this beautiful picture from outside my home in Lindon, Utah and I thought to myself...this is home for me...at least for now
Home is something different for everyone. The people here in London (that are actually Londoners - very few) know this as their home and when I look at this picture of snow on the mountains in June...I think that they must feel something similar as they walk through regents park or look out their flat to the busy streets. Missing home am I? well of course...but it's not so much a missing that makes me feel I need to return, it's more of a feeling of fondness. My home is mine, my family is mine and although I've gained so much from being here in London, I can never replace the love I have for Home...June 15th...don't come too fast!

Aye Can't beat the Scottish!

Scotland was by far one of my favorite places I've visited during this study abroad. The feeling there is something completely different from being in London. The people seem very laid back and open to talking to anyone! The place honestly made me feel like a character from Harry Potter living in a fantasy world. JK Rowling actually got her inspiration for the book sitting in a cafe called the Elephant House, which has a perfect view of the Edinburgh castle. I got to eat in this same cafe and visit a creepy graveyard just outside with Tom Riddle's grave in it. Harry Potter fans would eat this up like crazy. My favorite thing we did was an underground ghost tour. Not so much the ghost tour part, but just seeing the creepy tunnels and learning some history about Scotland. It helped that our tour guide was absolutely hysterical. Loved it in Scotland, but I'm, once again, home in London. How I missed it.

Just walking the streets of Edinburgh, Scotland! Saw everything
from dancing old men to a concrete heart shaped "spitting" stone (only
legal place to spit I guess).

Hood picture...it was super windy on our Lake District walk.

Beach walk around St. Andrews

St. Andrew's Old Course. I think my brothers are going to
kill me they'll be so jealous! The birthplace of GOLF!