Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Museum Hopping

When I asked the boyfriend what he wanted to do in London, he said "Museums!" I asked which ones and he answered "All of them!"

So that's what we did.



But any day that involves museum hopping needs to start with a good breakfast. We started at Duck n Waffle where the boyfriend had an English Breakfast and I had a waffle with nutella, a caramelized banana, and a scoop of ice cream.







It had some pretty incredible views.






Including my favorite building.


Then we popped over to the Monument to the Great Fire of 1666.






It had some pretty nice views too.



Next up was the British Museum where are favorite exhibits were the mummies and the rosetta stone.





Then there was the Natural History Museum which included dinosaurs + the butterfly exhibit.









We even jumped on the tube and headed out to Kew Gardens at the suggestion of my friend Molly.












We went to the Sr John Soane Museum--where I couldn't take pictures, but if you're ever around, I'd seriously recommend it. 


Then we strolled through Hyde Park and went to Kensington Palace.





Where there was a great fashion exhibit and an exhibit on Queen Victoria's life.












After a long day we stopped at Sticks n Sushi in Covent Garden for green tea, sushi, and kabobs.






Then since it was our last night we stopped into the Axis hotel and grabbed a last drink from their bar.







And after a long walk back to the apartment, with a pass by Buckingham Palace, we stopped at a cremerie for ice cream.









All in all, the last day in London was amazing. Which makes sense because the whole trip was amazing. I already can't wait to find an excuse to go back.

Monday, April 21, 2014

Spring Books Giveaway!

It's spring!

And there are so many great books coming out! I am so so so excited for all the amazing spring books that are coming out.

The Selection Trilogy is finally coming to a close and we'll know who America is going to choose!


Also coming to a close, Wren and Callum's story that I got so sucked into in Reboot!


And Sleep No More? Well it looks pretty fantastic.


These three amazing and lovely authors are authors I got to meet last year on the Dark Days tour, and we had so much fun, we ate such great food, and of course we got to talk about books.

That's why this year, I'm so very excited to read each of these books. So much so, that I'm also going to give each of them away. (And I'm going to try hard to get copies of the books signed...)

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Friday, April 18, 2014

Harry Potter!

As a huge Harry Potter fan, there was one thing I had to do while I was in London:



The boyfriend and I hopped on a bus and headed to Warner Brothers studios to tour the Harry Potter sets. It was amazing.

I took a coupe hundred pictures, but here are the highlights.



































Now between this and Harry Potter World at Universal Studios, I'm feeling pretty versed on all things Harry Potter.

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