Some Days Life Suprises Me

I just got home from a day that took a very interesting and exciting turn.

My flatmate Brittany and I went into the city to run some errands and get lunch. We decided to go into Central London for lunch and happened upon a weird crowd of people. There were barriers and security people and we were intrigued! We asked one of the security guys what was happening and they said there was an award show there tonight. Turns out we had stumbled upon the red carpet for the National Movie Awards!

Unfortunately neither of us had a camera since we weren't expecting excitement, but we went up onto a balcony across the driveway and got to see some cool people. Even though we don't have pictures I will brag a bit ;) (I will also search press pics tomorrow to find some photos)

So here is who we saw (in order of appearance):

Chris North (Mr. Big, Sex & the City)

Simon Pegg (Sean of the Dead)

Josh Jackson (Dawson's Creek)

Diane Kruger (Helen, Troy)

Ron Livingston (Office Space)

Peter Facinelli (Dad Vampire, Twilight)

Jackson Rathbone (Skinny Brother Vampire, Twilight)

Chris Rock

Gwyneth Paltrow

Orlando Bloom (Personal Fav!!)

Tom Cruise & Katie Holmes (Crazy, but nonetheless cool to see)

Of course lots of other famous people were there (like the Harry Potter Kids) but not everyone did the runway, too cold I imagine.

So, that was my crazy afternoon. We stood out there for a few hours and it was a blast! I was going to post some more visiting month pictures, but I think this will due for today!

xox

Oh yes, there's more

Here are a few more from here and there:



Brad and his mom on the train








HUGE ancient columns at one of the many many museums we went to (that is Brad in the bottom right...)











Goofball











Palm trees! They are in a lot of places here, who would have known??











Me and a super cute flower bed at Regents Park (my personal favorite)




Walking up to the restrooms, so adorable.








I made a squirrel friend! He came up and sat on my lap for a second, and I fed him a grape ( I am biting off peices of the grape, not trying to be a squirrel ;))






Well that's all....for today!

<3

Part II

As promised, here are more pictures! These are pretty self explanatory, but I will give you some background.

Of course going to Stone Henge is up there on the list of things to do in England, but going with Brad and his mom made it extra fun. When Brad was younger he did a report on the henge and since then has always found it a bit more fascinating. He was practically giddy with excitement.

We arrived after a 2 hour train ride to an itty bitty town, where we found one bus going to the henge. It happened to be a tour bus, which made the trip even better. It took about 30 minutes to get to the site and once we were there we were dropped off to navigate a gift ship, audio guide stand and a concessions area. Who knows how we managed! It was a bit chilly and windy but there was sun, so we weren't complaining.

The it was off to the stones. It is amazing how each step we took gave us a new and beautiful view of the ancient structure. This made it hard not to take 100 pictures. It also amazed us how from different areas around the henge it could go from looking like a humongous beast to looking like something you might find in a playground. Oh the wonders of nature!

We ended up staying at the site for about an hour, then we headed back to the town where we had a lovely lunch before taking the train back to London.

All in all it was a Wonderful day trip that I am so glad we took.

And here are some of he photos!



The view as we approached the henge








One of those stunning angles









Brad admiring the henge












Me and the sheep! (they were all around the roped off area)

Us and the henge :)

This is a panoramic video of the area around Stone Henge

I've been M.I.A. but I'm back!

I have been wondering for a long time what the best way is to get all the pictures I have from the last month up here. Today I decided, it doesn't matter how they are up as long as they are up!

For starters, during Mom's visit we almost exclusively used Beth's camera. I will let you peruse her lovely posts as you please.

With no further a-due, here is the first bunch of pictures I have!

The first thing we did was a London Duck Tour!










The Egyptian area in Harrods, just get used to the silly Brad pictures ;)










At least Brad has his clothes on....












Yay phone booths!












Told you so......












The Rosetta Stone, very cool












The Globe Theater, on a rainy London day: Couldn't have been more appropriate.







Hmmm, was he or wasn't he???












To be continued........