Lake District

So just got back from the Lake District! 2 words: beautiful and rain. It rained almost the whole time, unless it snowed. Well, except whenever we would want to go for a walk and then it would be beautiful. Strange... haha. It was cold though.

Ambleside: The cutest city ever. This is on the largest lake in England: Lake Windermere. We went on a 3 hour hike through strange farms and through kissing gates and watching sheep. As for the hostel: I am so spoiled rotten. haha. This was like a B&B only bigger. The owner was adorable and kept calling me "Trouble" - guess he caught on quickly. We managed to find stuff to do for 2 days there and the days just flew past.

Keswick: A city in the middle of a valley surrounded by the Alps, only in England. Mirjam (friend from Netherlands) kept having problems remembering she was in England and not Austria or on Winter holiday. The lake Derwentwater was beautiful and surrounded by snow covered mountains. Oh... the day we arrived: whole town COVERED in snow and slush. hahaha. The next day, most snow gone and we went on an "epic" trek to find Castlereg (??) which is one of the oldest standing stone formations ever - 1000 years older than Stonehenge! The local legend is that the rocks are men who were petrified for their sins - cool huh?! This was a little difficult of a hike though because of the amount of water and mud (we only had tennis shoes - except Olenka who had Wellies). All worth it though. Here we stayed at a hostel the first night - only issue was that our personal sized Bailey's we had bought got stolen while chilling... lame. The second night we went to "The cherry trees B&B" and had the best time. We literally ended up spending 2 hours watching TV, acting like idiots, showering in our own shower, and then having personal sized wine! Good times... hahaha

Here are a few pictures for good measure!!!

Ambleside:

Travel companions: Mirjam and Olenka. got to give them credit: they spent 5 days with me and no one died... quite. haha

The view from our walk - spectacular no?

Keswick:

Did I forget to mention that there was a Bond museum with a bunch of cars and memorabilia... it was AMAZING.

Derwentwater: gorgeous no?

and in good measure: chocolate shots at a placed called "Java and Chocolate" LOVE!