Paris, Swiss Alps, Venice, Germany, Amsterdam! Say What?!?!

 AHH!! That's how I feel at the moment, not that you can hear that sound come out of my mouth but it's a good AHH not a bad one. In exactly 2 days I will be on my away across Europe! I don't know how long I've been wanting to go to Europe but now that it's finally happening I am just too excited about it!

The last time I was in Paris, can't believe I can say that now, I didn't get a lot of time to actually explore the city so I'm really happy that on our second day there we get to go around Paris as much as we want. I'm really hoping to see "The Moulin Rouge" and Notre Dame - the only places I didn't see via the coach bus last time.

Just cannot believe it's here already! And that it will be August in 3 days AND that I will be home within a month and a couple of days.

The time here has just gone and left me hasn't it? Looking over my photos and posts from the past year it still surprises me of all the events and activities I've gotten myself into.

I am hoping to do at least two more blog posts before I leave London. One about my Europe Adventures and the other about my final two weeks in England. We'll see how that goes...

I know this is sort but now I am off to pack and get organized for Europe :)

More of London and More for Me to See

Well we're getting down to it! The girls finish school this Wednesday (July 23rd) and then we have a week off before we each go on our own holidays :) I'm so excited for Europe! I've made my packing list but now it's the hard part - the actually packing, but don't need to worry about that right now, that's for Sunday.

This weekend I went into London to hang out with my friend Lina and explore more of London. Last week I was looking at the photos I've taken since being here and realized that I hardly have any of me and places around London so Lina and I were tourists on the weekend, taking pictures of everything!

There was a 90% chance of rain that day, yeah for us, but luckily enough no rain but it was quite warm - thank goodness for the breeze. We ended up walking around London for a couple of hours exploring new places and taking many photos, it was a great day. We went to Tesco's and got some sandwiches and treats for dinner and had a picnic in Leicester Square. It wasn't very busy in the park but all around us outside of it was! I still cannot get over how busy London is, and if I haven't gotten use to it by now then I never will.

That evening Lina and I went to the Prince Charles Cinema to go to a  "Frozen - Sing Along" event. There were people dressed up, a lot of Elisa's and there was a Sven and someone dressed up as the Shopkeeper too, and we each got a party bag when we arrived. There were certain objects we had to use at different times during the movie and we could yelled or cheer at the screen as much as we wanted to. So for instance near the end of the movie we got to use a party popper to celebrate the party they have, we also had a grey balloon to act as the trolls and whenever they were on screen we had to put the balloon on our head and make it dance around. It was so cool!

I have had such an amazing experience since being here in London. I've gotten to do some many things on my Bucket List, and a bit more too. I'll make a full post of how I'm feeling about all of this before I come home but for now I'll leave it there.

I hope to do another blog post before I go to Europe - August 1st, but if not it will be after I get back on the 11th. Caitlin will be here on the 12th to the 21st and then it's only two weeks until I'm home :)
It's becoming all to real!!!

A Palace and A Chenoweth

 I just have to say with the weather we have been having I couldn't of asked for a better day to visit Kensington Palace and spend the afternoon in the park while I waited for the Kristin Chenoweth concert to start. It was a glorious day! Sunny, warm and just a bit of a breeze so I wasn't boiling all day, just prefect weather (for England anyways.)


Kensington Palace is so beautiful! The part where people can visit still has the same fixtures as it did when it was last used as a home, believe that was in the 1800's. The part where current Royals live is blocked off however, this part and the part where people can visit is not connected what so ever but it is on the same lot.

They have an exhibit on at the moment of some of the famous dresses/fashion items Queen Victoria and Princess Diana use to wear. They were so pretty up close, I think that would be the only thing I'd like about being royalty. It's to much pressure, but they sure do look amazing while under it.

Between here and Hampton Court I gotta say that the ceilings are so well detailed that all I really wanted to do was lie down and just stare up at them for the afternoon. Each room has different paintings, this one is located in the stairwell that leads up to the King's Apartments/Suite. Apparently some of the people in the painting were real life people (people who worked for the Royals).

Not only did they keep their ceilings in check but they were also big fans of their gardens. When Queen Anne and King George moved into the Palace (it wasn't a palace to begin with, just a structure) they paid around £20,000 to buy it, and after many years Queen Anne spent more than £11,000 on the garden along! She ended up passing away before it was completed sadly. This Palace is so full of history that I absolutely loved it! I learned so much when I was there, and glad I have a "Royal Historic Palaces Pass" so I can get into it for free and go as many times as I like.

In the evening I spent it with the lovely Kristin Chenoweth. I got to The Royal Albert Hall on time and when I went to go to my seat, which was located at the very top of the seating area and had a Restricted View because of the safety bars, I was told that I could be reseated if I wanted to. I was puzzled at first but then asked why and where I would be seated instead. Turns out that some of the stalls seats had not been filled and they wanted to fill them up first, so first come first serve got a better seat.

Where I was seated instead was just off to the right of the stage and maybe like 15ft away from the stage! The ticket I know had was more double, maybe more, than what I had originally paid for. Lucky me :)

She was purely amazing! I had really only known her for "Glee" and "Wicked" but throughout the night I got to see the other side of her, her upbringing and faith. Kristin is such a funny person and has a great sense of life. She put on a great show and I would pay to see her again!

Well we're down to it. I have one more free weekend before I go on my trip (I'm watching the girls the last weekend of July) and then BAM it's August and 30days until I come home! I will post another entry next Sunday or Monday and then that may be it for a while anyways. I will try to post one when I get back from my trip but my sister comes the next day so I guess we'll see how my sea legs are holding up.

TTFN!