We had a great time in London and had the opportunity to visit Stonehenge, Oxford and Windsor castle. It turns out that you can no longer go up close to the actual Stonehenge rocks and have to stick to a path on the perimiter. Too bad, I was looking forward to seeing what kinds of powers would be bestowed onto me when I stepped into the center of the circle. 

We also got a chance to see an incredible Hindu temple that took over 14 years to build using traditional building techniques from Hindu scriptures. Much of the stone was flown in from India and it looks like there's still work to be done before the temple is finished. More info on this temple can be found here. 

OXFORD

Apart from housing world famous Universities, the center of Oxford features the charms of a medieval city. The oldest building, appartently close to 1000 years old, is located on the main shopping street (Cornmarket Street) in this part of town, but it's not the building you would expect from these photos, it's the Saxon Tower of St. Michael just across the street (below).

WINDSOR CASTLE

One of the most fascinating things about Windsor Castle for me was the fact that people actually live there. Yes, inside the Castle. Many families that work in the Castle or service the various ceremonies actually get apartments inside. Neat!

Ok, on to Paris...

If you need to brush your teeth, why not buy some fuzzy brushes!

It's not just the lighting, these do look terrible. I can only imagine how long these 'fairy' cakes have been sitting in that packaging.

Don't know what to get your family for their birthdays? Why not some driving lesson gift cards!

Why am I even hanging around this area long enough to take this picture?

I really hope these are just 'Bits' of oranges in the Tesco juice. It doesn't really specify...

We got into London Heathrow this morning after a long flight, and thanks to the crying/kicking baby behind us, it was a VERY long flight. The Air Canada plane was well equiped with power outlets, movies and grumpy flight attendents, basically the oppoisite of what air travel was apparently like in the days of 'Pan Am'. 

London was grey and rainy, which from what I hear is basically typical London. Good, we're getting the real London experience, and not some fake tourist-y sun.

Visited a local Polish shop and picked up some Pierogies as we get ready to spend the next week here.