Sherlock.

The day we went to Abbey Road, we also stopped by 221B Baker Street. There's a museum there that we didn't go through cause it's too pricey, we just went into the reception area/store and it looked like a cool old house. I've only read Hound of the Baskervilles, but I felt I should stop by. Plus I love the Masterpiece version, Sherlock.

These tiles are at the Baker Street tube stop. All the walls have Sherlock Holmes on them!

I don't remember why we decided to do a straight face picture, but here it is.

In front of the house! Lisa and Lauren= best bunkmates.

Zizzi Ristorante

On Saturday we went to Zizzi Ristorante. It's a little Italian restaurant right down the street from us. It's really cute! I walk past it a lot and I'm glad to finally tried it!

This covered lunch and dinner!

Hampton Court

Before our Southwest trip we went to Hampton Court. When we first walked up (first image below) I thought it looked kind of like a concentration camp- bleak. But in actuality it was a palace of Henry VIII. Maybe it looked bleak because he sucked.

This inside part was a little nicer and more palacey. Basically I decided I don't really like the Tudor style of decorating. So dark.

Some drunk wooden people on the steps. Brooklynn really liked her new friend.

This part of the palace was much better looking, that's because it was designed by Christopher Wren 150 years later. Christopher Wren designed St. Paul's cathedral in London.

They take great care in the lawns over here, as you can see.

There's Henry himself, with a friend!

See how much better this Christopher Wren part is! It's not even a competition.

Stonehenge

Well Stonehenge was a little different than I thought. I knew it was off the side of the road, but for some reason it felt different than I had predicted. But it is a cool bunch of rocks. It was a nice day too, just with a chilly wind. Those blue skies are so great here in London.

Some groupies resting by Stonehenge. We stopped and sketched a bit.

Here's a realistic view that I feel you don't normally see. There's a pathway that leads you around it. You can't go in by the rocks at all. The road is just on the other side of it.

Jane Austen's House

On the way home we went to Jane Austen's home. This was the home where she revised Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility. And wrote Mansfield Park, Emma and Persuasion. She lived here with her mother, sister and friend. They had costumes from some of the movies- like Emma Thompson's from Sense and Sensibility. They also had some actual items that belonged to the Austens. Here's the front of the house. Of course there was construction in the front. You can see some of the hot orange fencing on the very left side.

The side:

Stourhead Gardens

The last day of our trip we went to Stourhead Gardens. This is a pretty famous garden and I've learned about it before, but I can't really remember. What else is new. But... it was a film location for the Kiera Knightly Pride and Prejudice. A very integral part in fact. The scene where Darcy first confesses his love and proposes to her in the rain was filmed here! And she says, "you're the last man I would ever be prevailed upon to marry!" or something like that.

It took me a long time to try and take a good picture of this spider web. And this still isn't very good.

Here's the place where he proposes!

Trying to be pensive like Elizabeth.

And we were lucky to have some fall colors! I love the changing leaves. One little red tree.

Salisbury Ghosts

We were only in Salisbury for a night, so we didn't get to see the Cathedral in the day. But we took advantage of a long shutter speed and some ghostly light at the Cathedral to take some pre-Halloween photos!

Spooky ghost family.

Hahahahaha (witch cackle)