I've posted many of these photos to my Instagram account but there is so much more to share! 

Still the cutest library I've seen but that could change when I finally go to the British Library :)

From the Waterloo Bridge on the north side of the Thames looking east. The Tower Bridge is down that way. At our backs were the London Eye, Big Ben and other sights. The photos I got were not share-worthy. Sorry! Blame the cloudy day. 

I am obsessed with the telephone boxes. Just when I am feeling like everything is normal, a sight of one of these jolts me back to reality: I live in London, England. 

The Monument. I stepped out of the tube station (to find the agency where I had my first job interview) to see this. A monument to a terrible fire that burned this part of the city many years ago. 

The Shard and the London Bridge. 

Tower Bridge 

Tower of London 

An art installment at the Tower of London based off of a poem, Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red by Paul Cummins features thousands of ceramic poppies pouring out of the tower flowing into the moat and was officially unveiled on August 5.

Just walking around means walking through incredible history. I thought this building was gorgeous. Trinity Square beauty. 

More of the red telephone boxes down the street from our flat :) I adore them. 

Outside the Natural History Museum. This is Taylor's face when I drag him to museums :) haha

Gates to Hyde Park

This place is wonderful. A little bit of Hyde Park

This is the Princess Diana memorial fountain. 

We got Barclay's bikes to ride around Hyde Park and to get back home. £2 for 24 hours. It gets complicated because you have to dock the bikes every 30 minutes. Other than that, we had fun!

The gates at Hyde Park corner

More Hyde Park corner

We didn't go in but I know where it is. And it will be explored. When shall be determined at a later date. 

Tourist shops are great. This trickery reminds me that we live in a country with royalty. Can't wait to meet the Queen ;)

This magnificent structure is one of the top five hotels in London. 

I can't believe people really shop here. Taylor and I played a game we called 'Price Check'. We would make the other person guess the price on an item we picked up. I lost horribly when I guessed that a small blue bag was in the $500 region...it was $15,000. Whaaaa?

This is not real life. 

Telephone box in front of the Victoria and Albert museum. 

We went to find the only Citi bank in Central London. To my great surprise, it was in the shadow of St Paul's Cathedral. 

We made our way to the 'world famous' Portobello Market in Notting Hill. Saturdays are the biggest day for the market, drawing the most vendors, stands, and people. The masses weren't even that bad and all the goods were amazing to see! We are going back another weekend when we have more time to dedicate to browsing. I don't think we even walked through half of it this time. 

I love this area. The buildings are so colourful and bright!

This isn't touristy but definitely one of Taylor's favourite places in any big mall. Haha

We are loving being able to explore. Our time to see things together is now limited to Saturdays IF he's not working. Precious time in our life to be together and living in a new country. We are loving it!