London/Bristol/Cardiff/London

From London we decided to head over to the West coast and spend a few days around Bristol and Bath. We found a nice little place to stay and did very little for a few days. On our first day we had a bit of a look around Bristol, which is a pretty nice city, pretty similar to Geelong.
The place we stayed was in a little town outside of Bristol called Almondsbury. It was nice to stay in a little town and we had a nice walk around through the park. We caught up on newspapers and got to watch some TV, which was nice.

We also spent a day in Bath, which is an incredible old town. We had a look at some of the amazing old Roman baths and then just explored the streets. It’s a nice relaxing tourist town. 

From Bristol we decided to head up into Wales. We only spent one night in the capital of Cardiff. It was a pretty cool place, very different from anywhere we had been in England. It reminded us a lot of Belfast in Northern Ireland, it had the same kind of feel to it.
The weather in Wales was pretty miserable, so we gave the Cardiff Castle a miss and spent our day having a look through some shops. 

On our way back to London, we stopped and had a look around Oxford. It’s an absolutely gorgeous town, I loved it. The buildings are so old and incredible, but it was cool and really just made me wish I was going to Uni there. We walked passed a cemetery where there were gravestones from the 1700’s and the 1800’s. It was amazing.

Back in London, we stayed in a place a little way out of the city, in a little attic room, which was really cool.
On our first day we picked up our Chinese Visa’s! It’s nice to know that we are officially able to go to China now, no more wondering about getting flights home from Mongolia. 

The next few days we just spent having a look around a few of the areas we missed last time.
We spent a day in Camden looking around the awesome markets, and some time in Regents Park. We wandered through Mayfair and Primrose Hill.
One nigth we decided to take the car and go back to drive by some of the tourist attractions we liked. It was fun, I think the best part was driving past Harrods and seeing it all lit up. Although driving past Buckingham Palace and Big Ben was pretty cool too. 

On our last day we just hung around the area around our place, had lunch and managed to by five books for seven pounds at a secondhand bookstore.

From London we drove down to Dover. We had a picnic in a park near our hostel. We were both pretty shattered to be leaving England, it feels like the end of a huge part of our trip, but of course we have plenty more to look forward too!
In the morning we were back on the car ferry and headed for Paris.