a couple of outings around britain

am i all over the place on this blog or what?! one post from galapagos islands, the next from yosemite, an update from london, then randomly a stanford graduation thrown in there, and here this post takes us to hampstead and oxford back here in the uk! next up: north dakota. and in a while?: a greek island. {i also am planning to share some thoughts soon about being a mormon woman, about our first year of marriage, about bucket lists.}

our life really has been all over the place the past few months! even after we arrived in london and signed a lease on our flat things have felt quite short of settled, since we’ve had so many visitors and our boxes and furniture haven’t yet arrived from california. all the moving around has been so fun and enriching, but we are looking forward to the last few months of 2015 being a little more still.

life is such an adventure!!
here’s a peek into a couple of outings we’ve had lately.

a few weeks ago we took a little excursion up to hampstead before church on sunday. hampstead is still london but feels like a quaint little village, and hampstead heath feels like wilderness!

 
^^ we happened upon a charming neighborhood church, that happened to have doors that matched the boy’s shirt perfectly! ^^

^^ the home of john keats. we sat on a bench and read one of his poems. ^^

^^ in the heath. we have to go back to explore more – we only saw a sliver! ^^

^^ we had a picnic at kenwood house in the middle of the heath. felt very austen-esque. ^^

and a few saturdays ago we hopped on a train to oxford to spend a few hours there. i lived and studied in oxford for a summer when i was sixteen. it was really fun to bring the boy to my old stomping grounds and show him some of the places i frequented and/or loved. we climbed to the top of the church tower. we might have to keep a running tally of how many bell towers we climb to the top of whilst living in europe – i love those windy stone staircases and views from the top so dang much!

  

i love england. i love the boy. i love our life. when it’s moving and when it’s still.