Lizzing Life

I'm on hiatus from work during the Christmas/New Years holidays and I've been burying myself under blankets with a new book every day. After I read the Bronze Horseman trilogy I needed something to cure my book hangover. I scoured Goodreads and all the Best of the Year book lists and tried a few out. Thankfully each one has been a page-turner. I've been sucked in and I've finished most within a day

The last stop on our Eurotrip honeymoon was Paris.  We left London by train on a Wednesday afternoon. We had seats at a table to ourselves where we got a cheese plate and drinks. The trip only took a little over two hours. 

We spent 4 days in England (Sunday through Wednesday)   DAY 1 We left Edinburgh early Sunday morning. When we got to our hotel in London after a couple train transfers we dropped our bags. We decided the best way to see everything would be a hop-on, hop-off bus tour. The weather was cool but dry so we did a long winding loop around London & Westminster. St. Paul's Cathedral - Re-built after the Great Fire. Inspired the US Capitol Building The City of London borders are marked by Dragon statues All the red flowers in the moat area surrounding the Tower of London are ceramic flowers. They represent soldiers that died during WWI. We got off the bus at the Tower of London and took a river cruise up to Westminster and Big Ben. The tour guides gave some pretty cheeky commentary which made our ride even better. "If the Lions are drinking, London is sinking.." This London Bridge was built in the 1970s but a bridge has stood at t...