Life in London

Hello! Bet you all thought I forgot about this whole blogging thing. I have not forgotten, just been pretty busy! I'll pick up where I left off...after our anniversary trip to Paris, I flew home for a week. I was able to see friends, family and enjoy one of my favorite weekends of the year-Mardi Gras Galveston! The day after I returned to London, we welcomed our first visitors-John Paul and Michael. And from then on, we had pretty constant guests throughout March. Tiffany and Nathan were next, then Troy and Matt and finally Meghan! It was SO nice having our friends here and being able to show everyone what our life is like in London. Here's some pictures of some of the highlights:

I was able to get some time in with Noah while in Texas for a week. I also was able to see Owen, but did not get a picture. Sure miss our sweet nephews and was so happy to get to love on them for a little bit.

Girls at the San Luis Salute-Mardi Gras Galveston

Mom, Lindsey and I at the parade day party.

Parade day party

Lexy and I-thanks for the hat!

Family photo-Parade day party

Kelsey, Brittani and me at the parade day party.

Stuffed animal float!

Taylor and Renee on the float

Mom and Dad

Kleinecke cousins

Tower of London:

Raven at the Tower of London

Torture Device

Outside the Tower

Tower Bridge

Tea at The Ritz with Tiffany and Nathan:

Sandwiches and sweet treats

We, of course, went for the 'champagne tea' option.

Tiffany and Nathan

Fancy tea room at The Ritz

Inside the lobby of The Ritz

The British Museum:

Rosetta Stone

Parthenon

Mummy

Windsor Castle:

We went to the Fulham Football game on St. Patrick's Day. They lost, but it was really fun!

Green Beers

Apparently the person who owns the stadium is a big MJ fan.

Cheering on our fellow Texan, Clint Dempsey

We took the train to Oxford when Troy and Matt were in town. Beautiful place, but unfortunately my camera died..

Meghan and I took a little girls trip to Paris while she was here. It was so nice to have some girl time! Megs was by far the most relaxing visitor. :) We did what we do best: Shopped, talked and drank wine!

Luxembourg Gardens

The Louvre

Really wonderful happy hour discovery.

Champs Elysees

Arc de Triomphe

Laduree
Delicious macaroons and croissants

Pretty much sums up our 2 days in Paris

Eiffel Tower Light Show

Kensington Palace and Kensington Gardens:

Well that about sums up our month of March! It was quite a whirlwind and exhausting, but completely worth it.

So far April has been pretty relaxing. We have spent time at our pub, went to our first movie here, went to a comedy show and got last place at the pub quiz night (again). It has been raining A LOT the past couple of weeks and it is getting really old!

Coming up:

I am going to the NKOTBSB concert this Sunday-so excited!

Brittani and John are coming to visit in 2 weeks! I can't wait to see them. AND we are going to Dublin for a few days while they are here.

Dates and I are planning a trip to Greece for a long weekend the first week of June. We can't wait for the sunshine and the beach!!!

That's all for now. I promise I won't wait so long next time to post an update!

Dates and I celebrated our first wedding anniversary in Paris this past weekend. It was such an amazing trip! We took the Eurostar train from London straight to Paris on Friday morning, and saw as much as we could in two days. We loved Paris so much and consider ourselves very lucky to have had the opportunity to spend our anniversary in such a great city. Here are a few of the highlights...

Hotel room window/balcony.

A few blocks from our hotel. We opted for climbing the stairs instead of taking the elevator to the top-it was a hike!

View from the first level of the Eiffel Tour.

View from first level.

River view from first level.

Carousel

View from second level

Second level

After our long stair climb!

The weather was really cold the whole weekend (low was around 18 degrees!), but absolutely gorgeous.

We ate lunch and had some drinks outside of this cafe. Great people watching!

Pretty day.

While walking down Champs Elysees, I noticed a familiar smell-kind of smelled like walking through the mall. Then I saw this...It is Abercrombie and Fitch (sign on the right side of the gate). Somehow they managed to surround the street with the overwhelming smell of their cologne like they do at the malls in the U.S. How fancy is this Abercrombie?