A couple of days after touching down from my whirlwind BFF Boston excursion, Scott and I had an opportunity to escape to the country together. I love London, but I had forgotten just how much I love England until I rediscovered her beyond the tube's reach. The Cotswolds are a cluster of hillside villages in the heart of England just a two-hour's drive from the heart of London. It's amazing how two hours can take you from the sounds of trains and taxis to the sounds of swaying hillside grass and grazing sheep. In fact Cotswold actually means "sheep enclosure in rolling hillside." And when you visit, it's obvious why. Ba, ba everywhere a ba, ba! These towns were built on wool's fortune and each comes with a Sheep Street . . . and plenty of charm!
Our B&B window
B&B grounds
Beautiful Cotswold cottage (but not our B&B)
Day two: Oxford
Christ Church College
Christ Church College
Christ Church College
Recognize this scene? Professor Mcgonagall? Harry?
Where Christ Church students dine and Hogwarts great hall was inspired
Monday, June 29, 2009
Cotswolds
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7 comments:
shannon,
what a fantastic get-a-way. both of them to the country and boston. these pictures should be on postcards, seriously! i loved all of them. your lines in the lavender fields were phenomenal!
i am homesick for you...Kam
p.s. come home and take my pictures please!!
Our Harry Potter lovin' family send our thanks across the pond for the these pictures. We wish we could visit and take in all the Harry Potter goodness.
Shannon, your photos are breathtaking!! What an unbelievable Bed & Breakfast cottage. It must have been a photographer's dream!
And yes! Lizzie found a fountain pen in Edinburgh at a stationery store - 2 disposable pens for 3 pounds - she was thrilled!
*SIGH* I seriously can't say more. Your blog is heaven. I personally hope that heaven looks somewhat like the Cotswolds (with a Target).
does scott actually work because you guys go on way too many awesome adventures!
Cotswold reminds me of a town we stayed in outside of Brandon. The pictures of the grounds are amazing and I can just hear those sheep!
I love the English Countryside. When I stayed in a B & B in Devon, I felt like I was in a Jane Austen Novel!!
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