Hello London, We've Missed You!

The night we got back from London in August, we immediately booked our next trip.  Booking in advance...with some of the train sales...means that we can take very inexpensive trips to London very frequently.  We were lucky to have beautiful, fall weather for the weekend and packed in some of our "must sees" including Hampton Court Palace, Churchill War Rooms, and the West End show Wicked.  It was a busy, but wonderful weekend.  I highly recommend all three of the attractions we visited - they were worth the time and money for the amazing history they shared of the city / country.

As always, a few photo highlights of our trip!

Hampton Court...here we come!  If you have visited us in Virginia, you know why this sign is special!

Truly stunning palace full of so much history.  Richard the VIII lived here... he was the one who implemented the Dissolution of Monasteries Act which had a dramatic impact on the countryside...including the beautiful Abbey ruins I hold so dearly:

Here is a view of the topiary garden from the King's private chamber.  Wow!  I am a huge fan of topiaries (I even had them at my wedding)...this was the most magnificent garden I have ever visited:

Inside one of several great halls within the property.  Majestic:

Inside of the 5 or 6 courts within Hampton Court... beautifully restored:

A "living" King Richard! Hee hee!

My brother got us amazing theatre tickets for Christmas...so seeing Wicked was a special treat!  Neither of us had ever seen it...the effects on West End were amazing!

The next day, after seeing Churchill War Rooms (which were AMAZING but hard to capture on film!) We got to do a bit of shopping... including visiting the iconic Liberty of London.  WHAT A
TREAT!

We <3 London and can't wait to come back for even more explorations!