uk, ok.

several years back i met my friend marc in ireland at a conference. ever since we've tried to catch up with each other at least once a year. we've met in amsterdam and paris. he's come to milan...and this year caitlin and i went to nottingham to visit him and his partner adam.

it was awesome to travel somewhere and have to think about nothing! marc and adam planned everything and we just went along for the ride, literally...a zillion miles to be exact, but we'll get to that.

we wandered around wollaton hall...home of 'wayne manor' in the 2011 batman movie the dark knight rises.

it was so pretty.

this guy was a surprise!

#friends

we had 'american' burgers. marc needed us to give them our seal of approval.

verdict: yummmmm!

in fairness, this is barely even a burger. 

we biked 20+ miles in the peak district national park. and then walked another handful.

marc and i seem to bike a lot while traveling...tulips, Versailles...

all this exercise paid off because we went straight to bakewell, home of the famous bakewell tart. i had actually heard of this...just had no idea what it was.

reminded me a bit of paula deen's gooey butter cake

came across several groups of dancers that were entertaining. why were they there? we have no idea.

since we needed more sugar, the next morning we headed to 'doughnotts' and they were amazing. and over the top. and crazy. but so worth it.

there's no such thing as too many pictures of donuts, right?

we settled on some 'simpler' choices. comparatively speaking, one might even say boring. but i'm okay with that.

what a great weekend in the uk! thanks to marc and adam for hosting us and taking such good care of us all weekend! can't wait for our next adventure!