Hey everyone! If you’ve been reading my blog for awhile now then you might remember when I went to London, England…in September 2016. Yes, it’s been almost two years and I never did share anything about it on the blog (though I did post a lot on Instagram at the time). I’m so sorry it’s taken this long – there really is no excuse – but I am finally working on all my posts and reviews, and they will be coming shortly! These posts will all be tagged under the category Travel, in case you want to find them easier in the future, and I will be posting them here and there so don’t worry, it won’t be all London, all the time if you aren’t interested!
Lauren Does London: It's time for the re-cap of my trip to London, England! Reviews, photos, and more! #londonengland #travel #ontheblog Share on XThe photo on the above image was taken outside a Foyle’s Bookstore (I had to visit a bookstore!) and it was actually the evening we arrived in London; we didn’t do anything too big that day but it was just so much fun to finally be in a city I’d wanted to visit for years. London had been on my bucket list for a very long time, and my sister said as soon as I graduated from Grad School, that me and her would go, so we planned it and then my aunt asked my mom if she thought we’d mind them tagging along. My mom never thought she’d visit England, so of course we had to say yes, and the four of us ended up going together – except we did split up a lot since my sister and I had our own specific plans. We stayed for a week, and it was seriously not long enough! I’d love to go back someday.
All four of us stayed at the Conrad London St. James (it’s a part of the Hilton family) and it was such a wonderful hotel to stay in. Before my aunt and mom decided to come, my sister and I didn’t have a set hotel picked out yet but we did have a certain amount of money we were looking to spend. My aunt actually chose this hotel and she offered to pay whatever we couldn’t afford (basically we pay what we already had budgeted and she’d cover for the rest). I’m telling you this to be completely honest about our accommodations, because I know it can be expensive to stay in a big city like London. If you can stay here though, I do recommend it!
Now that I’ve introduced my new “series”, be on the look out for future Lauren Does London posts (it probably won’t say this in the title; but again, all the posts will be tagged under Travel!)
Tell me: Have you been to London, England? Thoughts? Would you go back? If you haven’t, do you want to go? What do you want to see?
Let me know if you have any specific questions about my trip and I’ll be happy to answer them!
Will look forward to seeing London through your lens. I haven’t been to England but would like to since e are apparently a large part English…according to Ancestry.com. It is on my list along with Italy and maybe Greece or Spain?
This is awesome!!! I went to London for just one day when I was attending a summer program in Cambridge. I would go back in a heartbeat!!!
Ooh awesome!!! I need to go to London lol. Looking forward to your up coming posts. 🙂
How fun! And that’s so cool of your aunt to do that.
So glad you enjoyed it! I live in London and I’m still finding all kinds of awesome places to visit – it’s great for writers. I hope you get to come again 🙂
It sounds like you really enjoyed London! I have been there a few time because one of my three sons was taking his doctorate at Cambridge so when we would go visit him we would visit London as well. I always enjoy the city as well as it has so much to offer and so many interesting things to see!
oh I’m so happy you are finding the time to do this! No I haven’t been to London so looking forward to experience it through you 🙂
Oh this is such a fantastic idea, I love reading about travel adventures like these. I love London so, very much, in fact I think that so far it’s my favorite city in the entire world haha <3 <3
How fun! I want to go to London so bad!
I am so jealous! Im dying to go to London
I would like to go to London! My kids want to do the Harry Potter tour!
Better late than never! lol
Sounds like a wonderful trip.
Karen @ For What It’s Worth
Ah I live near London and I go quite a lot. Glad you enjoyed it, there is always so much to see and do.
My Dad is from England and moved here when he was 16. I still have lots of family there. I’d love to go someday! I can’t wait to see all your pictures!
This is exciting! I have always wanted to visit London. Maybe someday!
I look forward to seeing some highlights from your trip. I loved London when I visited a few years ago and would love to go back some day since I’m sure I barely scratched the surface of all of the wonderful things to see and do.
I have been to London and would go back but, given a choice, I’d rather go somewhere I’ve never been before first.
I’m excited about this series, I have never been to London yet it’s on my list! I am not surprised you stopped at a bookstore! The hotel you stayed at sounds nice. I know, hotels can be SO pricey in big cities!
Carrie
curlycraftymom.com
It sounds like a nice trip to take with family. It is great that you could split up into groups as well so that everyone could do what that wanted. Sounds like you have a very nice Aunt 🙂 I look forward to hearing about all of your adventures.
I went to London years ago, stayed about a week and don’t think it was long enough either. There is just so much to see. It sounds like you had a really good time though.
Looking forward to seeing more!
im going there in less than a month so definitely looking forward to your future posts.
London is one of the places at the top of my bucket list!
How fun! I went to London one summer when I was in high school–not just London, but all over the UK. It was amazing and I hope to make it back one day!
I love this (and your title)! I’ve never been to London but I’d love to go some day 🙂
Your Auntie rocks! This sounds wonderful and I look forward to hearing more about it.
how fun! haven’t visited myself yet
Looking forward to this series of yours! So glad you are sharing it – better late than never 🙂
I’ve been overseas once (when I was 15) and visited the US for 3 weeks, then we spent a few days in Ireland and England. London was a one day trip and I loved it. Madam Tussauds was absolutely amazing.
I want to go back so badly! So fun!
I have been to London and I loved it! I was only there for a few days, but I basically didn’t sleep so I could catch everything 🙂
Looking forward to more of these! I want to go to London so bad!
I love that you did this two years ago and are just posting about it now, haha. Makes me feel less bad about those 2-year-old book reviews I haven’t gotten around to posting yet 😉 That’s awesome you got to stay in such a great hotel thanks to your aunt! The picture looks really cool!
Sounds like you had a great time! ♥️ Loved London, got to go for 11 days. It is my favorite city! Can’t wait to hear about your London adventures!
My bro in law lives down in London and we used to go more pre kids. Bit harder now with the tube!! Enjoy it when I can though. Hope you had fun. Thanks for sharing with #bloggersbest x
Oooh fun! I have been to London, once, but only for a couple days. I too really want to go back and definitely did NOT see enough! Especially now, because I’d want to go to lots of bookish places, too! Can’t wait to see the rest of the posts!
Always fun to hear about a trip/location even if it’s a little past due 😀 Its been near 20 years since I visited London. Yikes!