{england: more of the cotswolds}

day one: Salisbury

day two: Lacock and Castle Combe

Continuing the recap of our time in the Cotswolds today...

Bourton-on-the-Water

We only stopped here for a short time, but it was so beautiful! It was by far the busiest town we visited; I think since the weather was so nice, people took full advantage and spread out on the grass along the river. 

PS. I've heard that the bakery photographed below is a spot that shouldn't be missed—we skipped it, since it wasn't celiac-friendly, but if you ever visit, you should stop by.

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{england: lacock and castle combe}

day one: salisbury

After sleeping for nearly twelve hours, we woke up bright-eyed and ready to explore the Cotswolds. The drive over the next two days was absolutely beautiful; we wound our way through the most incredibly scenic towns and countryside. Though the weather started off a little overcast, it luckily turned sunnier as the day went on.

The first part of Saturday was spent driving through Lacock, Castle Combe, and stopping at one of the many fields of yellow rapeseed flowers. (We didn't know at the time that we'd see countless more!)

Lacock

We arrived here pretty early, so most of the shops were closed. We ended up just walking around for a bit and found the sweetest, tucked-away chocolate shop. As you'll see, we couldn't resist buying some British milk chocolate :)

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{england: salisbury}

I know it's been awhile, but I thought a good reason to come back was to blog about a recent trip to England. This was actually the first duo trip that my twin sister and I have gone on together, and it couldn't have been more perfect. It was a little over a month ago, and yet I still think about it almost every day.

I'll split this up into a few posts, since I took so many images. First up: Salisbury. After flying into London, we headed to pick up our rental car and made the drive out into the country. (I should note here that driving on the other side of the road and car is not as scary as it seems!)

We were exhausted from the flight and kept ourselves busy to stay awake, so we headed into town to visit Salisbury Cathedral, walk around the main square, and get a late lunch. We also picked up some groceries (we ate breakfast at our Airbnbs every day) and were pleasantly surprised at the amount of gluten-free options!

Funny story: when we were about a mile from our cottage, we got stuck in some pretty bad traffic. We didn't know what could possibly be causing the back-up on a Friday afternoon in the country...until we looked out the window and saw Stonehenge! So wild.

We both fell asleep around 9pm and slept until 8am the next day. This was actually so clutch—we both immediately switched to England time and didn't deal with jetlag at all during the entire trip.

Okay, here are photos from the first day:

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