im a dreamer

i've spent the last three days on a trip. a trip up north.
first we stopped in Haworth at the Bronte Parsonage. it was my favorite cottage visit we've made so far this trip! i learned so much about both emily and charlotte bronte, and it was really fun because we just finished reading wuthering heights in literature! although the novel makes you imagine dark, foggy hills, we were there on the warmest day ever! SO HOT.


then we arrived at the lake district- where we spent the night. it was absolutely gorgeous! our hostel was literally right on the water, with gigantic windows overlooking the lake. it was such a fun way to spend the night! we went for walks, sat on the dock, tried to skip rocks, and had a great time.



in the morning we visited Beatrix Potter's cottage. (she wrote the peter rabbit stories) what was really neat was that you could see some of the books illustrations were replicas of her own furniture, etc.

MY FAVORITE PART OF THE DAY was when we stopped at the Preston, England temple on our way to Liverpool. you could just feel the spirit the moment you saw Angel Moroni from the highway. i am so so so glad we were able to make this stop and see this beautiful temple!

we arrived in liverpool, and the big news was that we were staying in a hotel!! yep. two people per room and no communal showers.. i felt somewhat out of place, but more so i was just ecstatic.

we went to the Beatles Story museum. it was such a fun museum!! i'm kind of a poser when it comes to the beatles, but i really do love some of their songs, and now i've actually visited where they're from! so that makes me more legit, right?


the next morning we visited two castles in Wales!

the first was beaumaris. it was a castle the english used to threaten the welsh people. it had two different walls lining the castle for defense and was never successfully conquered. i looked at it and thought... i could probably jump that and only sprain my ankle.. maybe.




the second castle was caernarfon. this was a more extravagant castle than beaumaris, and kind of more what you would picture when you think of a castle from that time period.

our last stop on the way back to london was the coventry cathedrals. this was the most amazing thing. during the blitz, the english knew if the germans continued to attack their airforce they would be defeated, so they tried to bait the germans into attacking their cities instead. they sacrificed their people so the military could stay strong and defend the country. during the blitz this cathedral was bombed and destroyed. but instead of tearing the remnants down, the country decided to leave it's remains and build a modern cathedral next to it. it now stands as a symbol of the necessity for good relations between the two countries.


all in all the past three days have been crazy busy, and crazy amazing.