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Last Day Abroad

Platform 9 3/4

Sarah gif

Victoria and Albert Museum + Sarah

Disney Store

I’m a princess

Selfridges

Harrods

What a day! It’s our last day abroad, can you believe?? (Insert Jonathan Van Ness voice here)

While it’s been the trip of a life time, it’s beyond weird we’re heading back to the states. On the one hand, I’m very sad to be leaving since that means heading back to reality, on the other hand, the reality of constant travel hasn’t been exactly what I imagined either. Lots of emotions and thoughts swirling away in my noggin this evening, but that’s a rant for another time. On to what we did today!

This morning we headed first to King’s Cross train station to visit Platform 9 3/4 as Sarah has never been. We puttered around the shop and Sarah got some good pics of the platform itself. Next, we went to Selfridges, I’ve watched parts of the show and love it, so I wanted to see the actual store. It’s GORGEOUS. So, again, we puttered around there and walked along, took some pics at the Disney store, and continued on towards Hyde Park and Harrods. Same with Selfridges, I’d heard a lot about Harrods but never been, so I wanted to check it out. Again, very beautiful, very expensive, very lovely. We then walked to the Victoria and Albert Museum (after seeing Kensington Palace yesterday, how could we not??) and enjoyed looking at the art and the shop there.

Then we went back to the apartment for a bit, we did a lot of walking and just wanted to rest our legs. We popped back into town for dinner, our last in the Europe, and walked around enjoying the sites, sounds, smells and general vibes that London has. 

I think, in our travels, we’ve come to know a lot more about each other, about what we want, both as individuals and as a couple, but also learned about how we operate as human beings outside of our usual surroundings. That’s some pretty heavy learning to do in a few months’ time, but I feel it’s been worth it. 

Tomorrow, we travel from London to Iceland and from there onto Chicago. So there will likely not be a post update tomorrow as we’ll be tired and jet lagged. 

Also, that being said, I’m not sure what shape this blog will take once we’re back in the USA. Will we continue to travel? Heck yes. Will it be for several months at a time? Highly unlikely, but who’s to say? I think it’ll be fun to continue the blog, maybe not as a travel blog only, but more of a way to keep track of what’s going on in our lives through pictures, videos and life updates. But I digress, we’ll just have to see what tomorrow brings!!

Till then, thank you so much for reading along and being a part of this journey with us, it’s been life changing!

Ta for now! -G

P.s. 

We know we still haven’t done our Wales and Scotland posts yet...we will do them, I promise you! Till than just go back and look at all the great gifs of me;)

-S

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T - 1 Week Till Take-Off

Here we are, on the cusp of another grand adventure!

Our bags are still empty, we’re trying to figure out how to distribute our allotted 50 lbs evenly with clothes for end of summer, fall, (hopefully) winter and spring as well… it’s a lot to take in. What do we do with the house plants and the fairy lights? Can we pack all our prints or do we need to store them away? What’s the perfect balance between a usable wardrobe and one we won’t get bored with immediately? Can I pack my narwhal mug? These are the kinds of questions swirling around my mind at 1 am.  

So we’re starting off on the right foot, we’re Grace and Sarah. We’re from the United States, met in London in 2014 and did some traveling around Europe together. Now, we both have our college degrees and a few years of working “real jobs” —of the cubical or retail variety— we’re off to make another go of it in Europe!

We felt it was the best way to document our adventures through this blog, so friends, family and internet strangers alike, can follow along. Stay tuned for more updates on our journey!

Till next time.

-G