Our Last Morning in London

Today was Bailey’s favorite day yet because it started with a visit to the House of Parliament!

It was a perfect visit for the two of us because I’m into gorgeous, symbolic art and architecture and Bailey is into politics. They give you an awesome tour guide which gives a history of the building as well as a general overview of UK’s political history. It took us to every room and we learned so much! Most of the time we couldn’t take pictures so we just have the one pretty much. But do pay a visit if you find yourself in London, I think this was an important educational stop. Just make sure to book your ticket ahead of time.

As mentioned, the building was beautiful inside and most of it was beautiful on the outside too. The rest of it... was covered in scaffolding. This was something we were prepared for but it was still kind of sad. Someday we will have to come back to see Big Ben! I wanted a picture of Bailey in front of the building but we couldn’t get a background without scaffolding so we got one with Churchill (Bailey is a big fan) instead haha.

We couldn’t leave London without eating fish and chips, so that was our next stop. We both ordered cod and chips and holy cow it was the best fish and chips I’ve ever had. I’ve heard mixed reviews about England’s fish and chips but I really couldn’t find any issues. Of course, the place we went to let us control how much black vinegar we put on our fish, luckily for Bailey (who hates vinegar)!

Our last London adventure for this trip was Tate Britain. Very cool! We do love a good art museum and this one was manageable without being overwhelming. It had a good mix of styles, periods, and artists. They even had a good little collection of modern art (Bailey’s favorite!) which was good because we were a little bummed about not being able to hit Tate Modern. Like I said, too much to do, too little time! It just gives us some good reasons to come back. 

And come back, I hope we do. I really hope we do and I hope it is soon! We are flying back to Amsterdam now and thinking that it is possible that we like London as much as we like Amsterdam. I love England’s interesting history, their cultural diversity (which leads to excellent food options), London Underground (SO CONVENIENT!), and free museums. I am so glad that we chose to fly to London during this trip, we had an amazing time if you can’t tell!