my london neighborhood...

After a long & sleepless night, due to two wild, crazy & fun

Irish women going home from their holiday and trying to

talk us into foregoing London and coming straight to

Ireland where "we would have far more fun"

I was giddy with excitement at my first view of London.

And needless to say the moment I stepped foot in London

I was in love with it - what a wonderful place.  I truly

didn't scratch the surface of places I wanted to go, but

I enjoyed every place that I stepped foot in there and

look forward to returning again!

This was my London home for 8 nights and it was such a

lovely, warm & cozy place to stay - loved everything about it!

What I like to do when I go to a new place is to get a feel

for my neighborhood, as I love to explore and feel like it

is truly my home while I am there - so I will take you on

a little tour of our surrounding area.  Most of these photos

are mine, so all of you photo buffs - no judging please..haha..

That dark green facade where that person is walking was

where we would usually start our day with cappaccinos and

breakfast. They usually had tables with umbrellas out front

and on the days that it wasn't raining - which we had 3 or 4

it was wonderful to just sit and watch all the hustle and bustle.

This was just a pretty office building across the street

The British Museum with all the cabs.  We didn't take one

cab the whole time we were there, but I sure got a kick out of

all the colorful cabs that were literally EVERYWHERE.  If you

can't catch a cab in London, you can't catch one ANYWHERE.

This was one of MANY pubs that we visited. They are near and

dear to my heart, as I met my guy in an English pub here in

Southern California.  We had a wonderful time meeting &

talking to alot of people from all over the world, believe it or not!

This is such a cool way to get around if you're going somewhere

nearby and want to get a little exercise in besides walking.  You

can rent these and drop them off at locations all over the city.  I

also noticed that they had these in Paris too! 

The gorgeous Russell Square - which I spent quite a bit of time

sitting on those benches and relaxing.  I am normally a get up

and go girl, but this trip I did alot of relaxing.  The scenery was

so gorgeous, I just couldn't take my eyes off of it!

Another part of Russell Square.  What I loved about London is,

there were so many little squares & parks & plaza's - just places

to sit and watch the world go by, read, relax or meet up with friends

Love, love, love all the flowers everywhere - just beautiful!

So there you have it - my London neighborhood.  Isn't it fab?

More to come soon!