Michael's Easter Break

Although my dad came to visit me in Iceland, I wanted to take advantage of the only real week off we have all year to do some travel. We drove to Reykjavik where we caught a flight to London. If I had to describe it in one word, I would say overwhelming. It is an absolutely enormous city with a ton of things to see. We only had a little time so we did the most touristy thing possible...double decker tour of the city. Here we got to see the most important sites all in style.
We also got to go on a boat tour of the Thames which took us past many bridges and eventually to Greenwich, where the time is supposedly set for the rest of the world at 0 degrees longitude.

We got back though and couldn't finish our bus tour because of protesters:

Westminster Abbey by night:

As a surprise for my dad, I booked a flight to Dublin for the next day where we would meet my brother. Overall, Dublin is a pretty awesome city and nicest for me were the pubs, Guinness, and green grass that I haven't seen in months.



On the way back, we had a long layover so we decided to take a side trip to see Cambridge.

We explored the city and went "punting" which means boating on the canal through the university propelled by a stick.
Although I definitely tried to squeeze a bit too much in my week off and almost killed my father, we had a good time!