Well I decided that today’s picture was going to be in the throwback edition. Looking through my photos, I decided that I wanted to remember my brief trip to London and the surrounding area that I took almost a year and a half ago.

This trip was during the time that I was job searching (as I’d been laid off from my job in August of 2017 due to budget issues), and I decided that I needed a break from things. I made it a two for one trip–I was going to try to network (there was a career event that I registered for) and also treat it as a mini vacation at the same time. So this was a whirlwind trip, where I left the US on Monday, landed in London on Tuesday, did the networking event on Wednesday and then spent the next three days sighting seeing as much as possible.

Going to London was my second trip abroad (first was in college for a forestry class & we went to Honduras), and my second large solo vacation as well (my first large solo vacation was going to Hawaii after passing my PhD proposal exam in grad school).

I loved the British Museum, & I know for a fact that I didn’t see everything in the museum either. So, hey–one reason to go back, I need to see the other half of the museum. I’m pretty sure that I missed the portions on Asia. But I love going to museums, zoos, aquariums–places that one can learn, and the exhibits while they might not “change”, the second time seeing them you see things in a different light or notice something that you didn’t see before.

It has also reminded me that it’s been awhile since I took a “big” trip, so maybe that is something that I should slowly start planning for in the fall. There are quite a few different places that I would like to travel & see–Australia, Scotland, Italy, and Finland just to name a few countries. Will just have to see what the year brings and maybe–just maybe there will be another trip abroad later this year.