Full photo galleries and detailed daily recaps to follow when I get everything processed and get caught up on life. But here’s a summary of my trip:

• 15 days
• 3 countries
• 4 planes
• 8 trains
• 9 buses
• 2 taxis
• 2 boats
• 24 subway trains (I think)
• 2 broken wallets
• 4 things I bought that I should have brought from home
• 16 postcards sent
• 2 smashed “pennies”
• 2 books read
• 4 books bought
• 20 books released in the wild
• 2 times I left my towel in my room down the hall when taking a shower, only to remember upon stepping out of said shower
• 6 guided tours
• 3 castles (only went inside 1)
• 5 museums
• 1 convention
• 0 t-shirts purchased during the trip (1 pre-purchased)
• 2,876 photos & videos
• So many smiles and happy tears :-)

top left: About to step into the TARDIS (Cardiff, Wales)
top right: Posing at the Oscar Wilde statue (Dublin, Ireland)
bottom left: Hill Top, Beatrix Potter’s house (Lake District, England)
bottom right: In front of the entrance to HP1’s Leaky Cauldron (London, England)