Drawing close! by Lizzy

Hey Lizzy here!!

So... IT’S HAPPENING! I REPEAT THE TRIP WE’VE BE PLANNING FOR 2 YEARS is about to happen, in less than a week! If that isn’t crazy exciting, I don’t know what is. We’ll be leaving and coming back in 10 days. The first half of the trip will begin with going to Iceland. Our time there will start pretty nice and slow with a photography session with our sister troop’s leader; then, we will continue with horseback riding, swimming, and caving! After that, we’ll be doing what’s called the Golden Circle tour which involves sightseeing around three major natural attractions. One of these attractions is an actual fault line of the earth! The next day, we’ll visit a local farm, visit our sister troop, and bike around the city. Finally on our last day in Iceland, we will be visiting the American embassy, and then going to come exciting museums. The Iceland portion of  trip is so busy and exciting it could really just be a trip of its own. HOWEVER, right after Iceland we’ll be taking a flight to ENGLAND!! We open the london portion by doing some roaming around, close to the hostel we will be staying at, just to get ourselves acquainted. Then, the next day, we’ll be spending time with our London sister troop and visiting a real English Castle. On our third day, we’ll be visiting the areas  north of Oxford Street. These places will include the British Library, THE FILMING SITE FOR THE SHOW SHERLOCK ON BBC, King’s Cross, and Regent’s Park. After that day, we’ll visit the big attractions like Trafalgar Square, and Big Ben. To finish up the day, we’ll go to the Victoria and Albert Museum or the Science Museum. To conclude the trip, we will be visiting the famous Oxford street, where all the shopping happens. This will also include a visit to Chinatown (a tradition in the troop - to visit a chinatown anywhere we go), and also some cool independent bookstores. Finally, we’ll take a nice walk along the Thames. THEN THE TRIP WILL BE OVER - and we’ll sadly leave for our flight back to the ATL. Even until the end, I am sure this will be a trip of a lifetime!

Lizzy