Thursday, December 8, 2011

Last Week in London :(

I am writing this months later because I was enjoying my last week that I did not have time to write. I spent every waking minute soaking up as much of London as I could. I cherish this memories so much and miss it everyday. London will always be my home.

View of Tower Bridge from the Tower of London


Guards outside the building where the Crown Jewels are held



Prince William and Harry's things


With a Beefeater


I just love Selfridges


My favorite place in the world


Cotton Candy at South Bank with Lauren


Afternoon in Hyde Park with Lauren and Tiffany


Visiting Buckingham Palace after a day of shopping on Regent Street


Back of Buckingham Palace


Hard at work at triathlons 


Drinks in Downtown London after work


Last weekend out



Last fish and chips


Last day of work :( The cycling gloves I designed came in!
This was seriously my dream job and I had an AMAZING boss and mentor.

The last few days the riots hit. This included fearing leaving our flats-especially after dark, having cops swarm the city, watching a girl get mugged in broad daylight, and overall disrupting our lives.

We braved the streets to run to the corner store and get some necessities... 


Most delicious cookies ever!


Rioters couldn't keep us away from getting cider and black one last time


Last day in London, starting out with a Traditional English breakfast 


After packing all day I met Lauren at Harvey Nichols


Champagne at Harvey Nichols


My favorite flatmates at our favorite pub, Strawberry Moon, one last time


Forever our home.


Sunday, August 7, 2011

London Adventures

At Westminster Abbey with Lauren

William and Kate exhibit in Westminster

our little picnic outside Westminster



Home of Bespoke Tailoring

Custom made suits being made
seeing Harry Potter in the same theater, in the same seats that the stars did for the world premier

Harry Potter! Most expensive movie ever!
Hurry! Its time for ciderfest!!

Lauren, me, and Tiffany in front of one of our fav pubs, the Knight's Templar

Favorite ad in the tube, so true, guess that means I'm a Londoner!

a little taste of America...
My day off and off to the British Museum! 

mummies

something famous that was the cover of my art history text book

Being evacuated for WWII

Standard of Ur, Peace Side... I actually did learn something in art history!

Goat in thicket

remains of the Parthenon 

something else famous from Roman or Greece

Winged something that guarded palaces
Window shopping on New Bond and Old Bond Street... danger, danger!

One day I will work here.
...or be the competition :)

the one place I went shopping at! And all I could afford was lip gloss lol
We're the three best friends that anyone could have!
...ready to go out in London :)

after dancing all night we worked up an appetite... for KFC. 
And people wonder why Americans are obese lol
drinking on the tub, "its not illegal, just frowned upon"

tired
up bright and early the next day and ready to work the London Triathlon! 
see trigirl blog to see pics of my boss and me

stolen Gatorade!

the glamorous life of an intern... taking apart the stand while my boss picks up the car
She texted me later that night saying "Hi Becca, I just wanted to say a huge THANK YOU to you for helping me this weekend. You did a fabulous job being a great sales talent! :-) What would I have done without you. We took 1500 yesterday and 1000 today which is fantastic. I think it may actually be a Trigirl trade stand record :-) Well done!"

...have a mentioned lately how much I'm going to miss this place :(