We're back!!!

We had an awesome time:) Here is a quick "cliff-notes" version of our 10 day trip to Europe:

we started off by flying from Atlanta to Virginia to drop the little one off with the grandparents, here he is chilling on the plane (little does he know that it is quite dorky to wear your pj's in public...), but he thought he was cool, and that is all that matters...

then we flew from Virginia to Paris, connecting back in Atlanta (i know!....crazy amount of flying for one day, but soooo worth it), because this is what we did on our first day:

Notre Dame

a little pick-me-up to help withthe jet lag

and that night we walked to the Eiffel and drank wine and watched the tower sparkle

and here we are on our second day:

we climbed to the top of the Eiffel Tower

Arc de Triompheday three, London:

Big Ben

we did a boat tour down the Thames to Greenwich

then ended our even with a viewing of A midsummer's Nights Dream at the Globe Theater, we also saw the Broadway show Wicked the night before.

day 4, more London

the Tower of London; kind of touristy, but we HAD to see those crown jewels
gotta love the beefeaters

on our fifth day we took a train out to Salisbury, England, and caught a bus to Stonehenge.

we stayed the night in a bed and breakfast in Salisbury, which by the way was a great day trip from London, we did a climbing tour of the Salisbury Cathedral, which is the tallest in England.

day 6 we took the train from Salisbury back to London Airport, and flew to Inverness, Scotland.

day 7, we did a 6.5 hour boat cruise out to Lake Ness (where the Lochness Monster supposedly dwells) and the Urqhart Castle

it was quite coldday 8 was a typical rainy day in Scotland, we just hung around the city and did some souvenir shopping

day 9, we took the crack of dawn train from Inverness to Edinburgh, and spent the afternoon exploring the castle and the city

Although we had a wonderful time, it was a great feeling to arrive home to Virginia to the running open arms of a toddler.

Now that Vacation is over, it is time to get back down to business, I have a few orders to catch up on and send out that were placed while I was gone, but I hope to be working on and posting some new things over the next couple of weeks. Hope everyone is enjoying their summer:)