Birthday weekend in London, England

What a way to spend my thirty-something birthday! Living in Europe makes celebrating birthdays sooo much fun because within a few hours you can be in just about any fabulous city...with, of course, an amazing husband *blush*.

I refer to Chuck's birthday as Chuck-fest because we seem to celebrate for weeks and I tease that we celebrate my birthday for a day, maybe two. Well, this year was definitely Holly-fest with the celebration starting on Monday, March 9th with flowers and champagne...and the celebrating just got better as the week progressed.

We just returned from my birthday weekend in London. In a word (or two) A.ma.zing. Fab.u.lous. The weekend highlights...

• Dinner at Strada overlooking the Tower Bridge
• Champagne flight on the London Eye
• Strolling along the Thames with Chuck
• Watching a helicopter crew film scenes for the Sherlock Holmes movie
• The Crown Jewels at the Tower of London
• The Tower Bridge
• Harrod's
• Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace

The weekend flew by. We are returning in early June to take in some more sights because we basically did a quick drive-by of the central and western attractions such as Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, Big Ben, Hyde Park, St. James's Park, Marble Arch, etc. We're also going to do a day trip to Stonehenge, Windsor Castle, and Oxford (or Baths).

The slideshow is posted.