Jackie

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Monday, September 29, 2014

Monday Memories Ep. 04 | London Times Part 2

A little more of our little London times. It's been a while since the last Monday Memories, but I was really busy moving and all of that. So, please forgive me. (GG, I'm looking at you!)

Nandos! Of course we had to go to Nandos. More than once. A couple times. Haha. After eating there, we finally understood how magical it really is there.
This was one of the first museums we went to. It was one of the very first excursions we took in London after St. Paul's Cathedral. Gabby says it was the orphanage museum, or maybe even the 1st orphanage in London. I do remember it was sad when we were walking around in there, learning about all the kids and seeing their clothes and school books, and things like that.
In Greenwich at the Prime Meridian! This was actually pretty cool to stand on and to visit. LOL nerdy I know. But Greenwich wasn't that far away from where we were staying. Plus I think some of Thor was filmed in Greenwich, so that was cool actually recognizing it in the movie.
Another little gem of our class (I think in front of St. Paul's, but I could be wrong.)
Andddd we went to Buckingham Palace. Unfortunately, the Queen did not come and say hi.
This was when we relaxed on the grass at Kensington Gardens. I remember that Kirsten and I really really really wanted ice cream that day. So we stopped at an ice cream stand in the park, but the worker was scooping the ice cream soooo slowly. By the time she finished, we lost the group. So we had to sprint through the park looking for them. But the park was HUGE hahaha. Luckily we did end up finding them again by the Peter Pan statue.
One of our many strolls down South Bank and the Thames back to our little flat. We were so lucky to live where we did because there were so many things down the road, plus it was right across from the tube and bus stations.
That's enough for now. Part 3 will be coming soon!
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Sunday, September 28, 2014

The SLO Life | Locally Made Ice Cream

We finally found Von's here in SLO! 
It's honestly not that far away, but between all the closer grocery stores we've seen and been to, we just never made the trip to Von's until a couple days ago. Walking in there and shopping in there honestly just made me feel like I was at home. I love Von's and it's probably always going to be my favorite store, so being in there felt so familiar and comfortable. 

But the best part wasn't even that we found the Von's. The best part is all the delicious local ice creams they sell there! We couldn't resist and bought a few (or 4) but we really had the HARDEST time even picking which ones to get. We went for a few different local brands, including the one made right at Cal Poly (which was delicious by the way). I'm definitely going to be buying more of these little guys in the future. Because we all know I love ice cream. A LOT.
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