Jessica has been recognized as a preferred vendor to work with by her industry peers, earned TheKnot.com’s Best of Weddings award 9 times, and been inducted into TheKnot.com Hall of Fame. Jessica is a multi-award-winning photographer, a leader in her industry, and an educator to up-and-coming photographers through her Embark Retreat.
Hi everyone from New Zealand!!! I’m sitting in our Camper van somewhere in the area of ‘Mordor” and am using the evening to get semi-caught up on blogging! Next up on our travel photos is London! I hope you enjoyed the last post where we met up with Calyx & Jacob for their UK Engagement session! Eric and I were blessed to get to stay with our Texas friends, the Halls and were so happy to see them, meet their girls, hear about their experiences living outside of London…and enjoyed a home cooked meal and a chance to do laundry! Who would’ve thought I’d be so excited to see a washer and dryer 🙂 They were incredible hosts and helped us naviagate the train stations and TUBE as we managed our way around the ‘to do’ list of London: Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace and Tower of London! We had about a full day total to check it all out and even experienced lots of rain and I gotta say I was so excited to wear Jenae’s Hunter boots….soooo appropriate! We loved playing tourist, meeting Beefeaters and walking the same path down Westminster that Kate walked last year for her wedding! Oh….and…we managed to trek out to the northwest side of town where they filmed all of the Harry Potter movies! They’ve turned the sets into a really well done tour to view the costumes, behind the scenes effects and actual sets they filmed on. Quite exciting for me as I’m a Harry Potter self-proclaimed nerd 🙂 So, enjoy a look into our 2 days in London!
***If you missed any, come back up here to view the other links****
Germany & Austria: http://www.jessicafreyphotographyblog.com/freys-around-the-world-trip-germany-austria
Venice & Florence, Italy: http://www.jessicafreyphotographyblog.com/freys-around-the-world-trip-venice-florence
Tuscany, Italy (City of Cortona): http://www.jessicafreyphotographyblog.com/freys-rtw-tuscany-cortona-italy
Rome, Italy: http://www.jessicafreyphotographyblog.com/freys-rtw-rome-italy
Barcelona, Spain: http://www.jessicafreyphotographyblog.com/freys-rtw-barcelona
Ireland: http://www.jessicafreyphotographyblog.com/freys-rtw-ireland
So, we took these with Jacob & Calyx at their photo shoot….I promise we’re having a wonderful time together! Only an occasional moment here and there as expected when traveling together for months! 🙂
We did all the touristy things: Buckingham Palace, Waterloo, Westminster Abbey, Tower of London, Big Ben – here are some of my favorite shots from the day without rain!
Unfortunately, you can’t take pictures inside the Crown Jewels display at the Tower of London, but I was impressed with all the sparkle and glitz they have in there!
King Henry VIII’s riding armor:
And now….some behind the scenes look at the sets used for the Harry Potter Movies! Enjoy!
It’s Harry’s invisibility cloak!
You can apparently practice your want fighting techniques.
Running through the Ministry of Magic!
Incredible seeing the costumes up close!
This is the second time I’ve had Butterbeer….it’s soooo good, if you get a chance grab a glass!
This is the model they used of Hogwarts for all kinds of ‘outdoor’ shots…it’s huge and incredible!!
Here’s a size comparison for you!
Enjoy!! We’re now off on the last leg of our trip – Surfer’s Paradise, Australia!! Thanks for following our journey!
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