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London &c: Oxford

After Bath, a quick stop for a few hours in Oxford: Bits of Christ Church College.

London &c: Bath

Then we spent a few days in Bath, mostly walking around a lot and drinking really, really good coffee at this one place whose name I’ve forgotten. It was at this point in the trip that I reverted to my standard photography practice of only taking photos of insignificant details. Like this one: This is [...]

London &c: Windsor Castle

Finally finished with London, we headed for Bath. On the way we made a quick stop at Windsor Castle. William the Conqueror built the first castley things, and it’s been lived in and occasionally updated ever since. As per usual, either most things indoors were too dark to photograph without flash or photography was prohibited [...]

London &c: Hampton Court Palace

We spent our last day before heading out of London at Hampton Court Palace, a 30-minute train ride from the city. Hampton Court Palace was built in the early 16th century (note to Stephan: 1500s) by Cardinal Wolsey, who “gave” it to Henry VIII when he began to fall out of the king’s favor. For [...]

London &c: Tower Bridge

After the Tower (you know, on that one trip to London we took more than a month ago YES I’M AWESOME), we moved on to the Tower Bridge. It spans the River Thames as it flows through London, and it looks like this:

Bite-Size Birdlets

So for the last couple of weeks, when Kevin came to eat every now and then throughout the day, Kevinita only showed up once a day. And contrary to her usual lackadaisical demeanor, she would run as fast as possible across the field, gobble up some birdseed as fast as possible, and then run back, [...]

London &c: The Tower

We spent most of our second day at the Tower. Part of it (the White Tower) looks like this:

All Hares, All The Time

And now we have hares. At least two, maybe more—their only distinguishing feature is their size, which is difficult to gauge without other things around for context. [Note: You can tell they're hares and not rabbits because the tips of their ears are black, their legs are longer, and they're generally lankier and larger.] This [...]

London &c: London!

Okay, FINE—in an attempt to back away slowly from the slippery slope ending in All Sheep, All The Time, we will now turn our attention to our delightful London &c Trip. After my parents went back home, we had a few weeks to ourselves before Stephan’s sister (Ronda) and brother-in-law (Bill) arrived in London. [A [...]

Adorbs

Tiny little baby sheep (and some of their parents) at Calke Abbey. The rusty ones are Portland sheep, a traditional and now rare British breed. I have a very hard time discouraging Stephan from trying to pet them.

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