New Blog Address!

Hey everyone! I am changing the address of my blog.  I downloaded the Blogger app so I could get used to blogging from my tablet before I leave, and I was really disappointed with the software! I expected that a big company like Google would have a better app for their bloggers. You can't add pictures or new pages or even change the formatting of the text (like font, etc. on blog posts).  It's so lame!

So, I am switching to Wordpress. Their mobile app is amazing~! 

Here's the new address: http://smooretravels.wordpress.com/

This way, I'll actually have control over my blog when I need it, and I can add pictures to my posts! Kind of important on a blog about travel!

Rough Itinerary!

Only 10 more days 'til I'm hitting the road - er, airplane!  We also have our rough itinerary!  Since I am anti-creeper, I won't say when we're going to be in each place, but here's a list of some of the things we'll be doing and seeing:

• Bath
• Cambridge, Bury St. Edmunds
• Canterbury Cathedral
• Chalfont St. Giles (Milton's cottage)
• Dickens' London Tour
• Dover Castle
• Greenwich
• Globe Theater tour (and seeing Julius Caesar while we're there)
• Hampton Court Palace
• Lakes District tour
• Oxford and Christchurch College (where John Locke was a professor!)
• Salisbury Cathedral
• Stonehenge
• Stratford-on-Avon (and Henry IV part I matinee while we're there)
• Thames River Cruise
• Tower of London
• Westminster Abbey
• Windsor Castle

We'll have a jam-packed trip and that's not even all of what we will see and do!  I'm so excited!  I'm already packing my bags! 

Also, for those who may be interested, I found a PBS documentary on Netflix called "Secrets of the Tower of London". It was pretty interesting.  For instance, did you know they keep 8 ravens on the grounds at all times (with a full-time Raven Keeper). This is because of a superstition that if the ravens ever leave the Tower, it will crumble to the ground and Britain will fall.  So weird - and pretty cool!