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Great update, Sharon! Love all the wonderful pics and I am so pleased to read that your ABD tour is getting off to a good start. I really do think I want to do this one some day.
Fabulous updates. I am enthralled with all of this. The views from the London Eye are stunning. The official start to the ABD looks and sounds really really nice. I can't wait for more.
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Great update Sharon! You got some good pictures from the London Eye. I had to laugh at the street performers. We made my BFF go up and touch one because she didn't believe the woman was real.
Hey girlie girl!!!! I finally made it over here and read STRAIGHT THROUGH! I am so excited to read about this trip! I could not wait to read this after I bookmarked it and found it!
Me and Rob got our passports for our Bahamas honeymoon and I swear I want to stamp that baby up!! lol! Instead of finally hitting up Disneyland we have been talking about a non-Disney tour of either the UK or London/Paris. This is right up my alley right now!
Anyways, the pic of you on the London Eye in your signature is gorgeous! Its perfect! I love it so much! I also love how thoughtful you are to those who might want to take this ABD later! I would be all about it if I could afford it! lol! Your details always make me feel like we are right there and I cant wait to read the next entry! Its like waiting for the next episode of your favorite TV show!
Cant wait to hear about your first full tour day and see more of your fabulous pictures!!!!!! Hurry back soon!
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Yeah!! An update! Looks like you had a wonderful afternoon at the London Eye and you have some wonderful photos!! Your evening with the ABD folks sounded really fun too!!
Me and Rob got our passports for our Bahamas honeymoon and I swear I want to stamp that baby up!! lol! Instead of finally hitting up Disneyland we have been talking about a non-Disney tour of either the UK or London/Paris. This is right up my alley right now!
Well, you know who to talk to if you plan on coming over to the UK, don't you? We'd love to see you over here!
Sharon, I'm sorry I'm starting to read your TR just now! Lucky you got to explore London (I love it there and spent 6 weeks studying abroad in London back in 2002 and it was one of the best places I have traveled to) and Paris! I can't wait to read more about your TR and find out how you loved exploring London and hopefully had a chance to go on the London Eye, as well as your take on Harrods(I couldn't keep myself out of there, I loved that store), The London Tower, Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace, and your adventures in Paris and Paris Disney! Hopefully if you didn't this time and get to go again to the UK, Bath and Stonehenge were a few other places I loved visiting too! Back to my getting caught up on your TR!
Sharon, I am completely caught up with your TR and you are truely making me relive a lot of the places I visited on my Study Abroad Trip I can't wait to take DH there some day and hopefully it will be a ABD trip with Paris and then other destinations with them too. The V&A was literally steps away from the school I was taking my classes at when it was right across the street from Imperial College. Picadilly Circus was practically our nightly hang out place with several places to go there. I love your pictures from the London Eye. Mine sadly didn't come out nearly as great as yours from there. I can't wait to read more of your TR. I want to travel back to London very soon. I also love the surprises that ABD gave you, and how sweet of them to send you those candies for changing your trip! Sorry about Iron Bladder Lady and she is who you had to sit next to. You had me in stitches over her. You would think one with a Bladder Infection would be in the bathroom more than often. That's where sleep aids come in handy for obnoxious passengers you're seated next to. At least she wasn't nearly as bad as a collegemate that I was stuck sitting next to on our planes who had never heard of the words hygene or shower and I purposely requested not to be seated anywhere near her.
Just got all caught up.....as always, great photos...how lucky to score a beautifully clear day for the London Eye. It sounds and looks like ABD really goes above and beyond to ensure a magical visit.
danielle
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