Cotswolds

For Laura's last weekend we rented a car and headed out to explore the Cotswolds. It's a region of towns built from the cotswold stone, making them just charming.

We headed out Friday night and soon discovered that the rest of London had the same idea because it took us FOREVER to get out of the city. We finally made it to our cute little B&B (below) late that night but I'm so glad we battled traffic on Friday because we woke up to a beautiful day on Saturday all fresh and ready to go.

I don't remember all of the towns we hit but we saw Cheltenham, Slaughters, Abbots Grange, Bourton-on-the-Water and Stow-on-the-Wold. Aren't those the best names ever?

We explored the town a bit and then started driving through some of the most beautiful countryside I've ever seen.

 We made sure to swing by Stratford-Upon-Avon, which wrapped up our day.

Sunday morning we went to church then stopped by a couple of more towns on our way home.

One final stop in Oxford rounded out our trip.

Leeds, Canterbury and Dover

After our whirlwind trip in Italy Laura and I decided to 'take it easy.' Yeah. That somehow turned into a 14-hour road trip.

Our first stop was Leed's castle. A real stunner. There's just something so charming about water...even when it's murky.

We stopped at Canterbury, which I thought was a cute little town but no pics, I'm afraid...they were all a bit uninspiring. BUT we made our way down to the Cliffs of Dover and you have to admit they're pretty amazing. I had been wanting to see these for so long. Laura and I both agreed that they'd be even more stunning without the spots of green on them. Darn hearty plants.

We drove down the coast and caught the sunset in Brighton. The town is totally hippy and we didn't really love it at first but it kind of grows on you. Finally, we then made the long trek back home. It was a super long day but packed with lots of great sights, don't you think?