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Vacation Takeaways

Julie Ballantyne Brown
2 min readAug 10, 2022

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Vacation Takeaways

09/08/2022 by juliabbb

My husband and I recently returned from two weeks in London and the Veneto region of Italy, which was wonderful. Let’s just say I’m not that happy to be home. I’m struggling a bit, actually, and counting down the days until we can return. In the meantime, I’m trying to stay positive with these takeaways:

  • Walking across Tower Bridge almost every day was spectacular.
  • Stonehenge was a spiritual experience.
  • I was really floored by the Tudor wing of Hampton Court.
  • Mudlarking in the Thames.
  • London transportation is so convenient, if mostly not air conditioned.
  • Walking from Westminster to Tower Bridge…
  • Tesco has everything you need. Biscuits, wine, Johnny Walker… That’s everything, right?
  • Omg, that spot in the Tower???
  • Ravens are awesome.
  • So many ridiculously cool Roman sites.
  • Okay, so while walking the Jack the Ripper walk…
  • Westminster Abbey is everything.
  • What is the exchange rate between the pound and the dollar?
  • 40 degrees Celsius is what in Fahrenheit???

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Julie Ballantyne Brown
Julie Ballantyne Brown

Written by Julie Ballantyne Brown

Future London resident. Follow Julie on Twitter: @BrownBallantyne or on FB and Instagram: @JulieBallantyneBrown

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