I’m a former English major, trying to find a good use for my degree. I like travel, words, and tea. Smiles are contagious. Blue skies and sunshine are pretty nifty, but so are cloudy days. Life is a rainbow.   London Time Currency Converter Tumblr (3.0; @love-elizabeth)http://love-elizabeth.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/aa425c19a31f1e210894817d9c1912db/tumblr_mmsboe8ATI1r2e603o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/509239e75d8ff8302347f7da03cc35d6/tumblr_mmsboe8ATI1r2e603o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/38a71a465e7de29262e4db6847e0ecc6/tumblr_mmsboe8ATI1r2e603o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/5749eb599bae79084346bcb5ee38352e/tumblr_mmsboe8ATI1r2e603o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e47b4dca9d7a9a5b0e797b90a1326bae/tumblr_mmsboe8ATI1r2e603o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f0b979ba533efb2ae6c0f5e62f9ebb1f/tumblr_mmsboe8ATI1r2e603o8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/496c49dae2169527fa312887bc3eb99b/tumblr_mmsboe8ATI1r2e603o6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/04dbee23bd52fadf5a0b1bd449955db9/tumblr_mmsboe8ATI1r2e603o7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e223262ff61dbb2f257811fb0c150270/tumblr_mmsboe8ATI1r2e603o9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a href="http://loveelizabethtravels.com/2013/05/14/the-ringling-gardens/" title="Ringling Gardens" target="_blank">Paradise</a></p>http://love-elizabeth.tumblr.com/post/50412980747http://love-elizabeth.tumblr.com/post/50412980747Tue, 14 May 2013 05:55:26 -0500SarasotaFloridatravelgardenflowersrosephotographyparadiseRinglingcircusmuseumart<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ae9a8242c0f70fe8ef441383cc2f41d0/tumblr_mmjbalcRIE1r2e603o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>My favorite picture I took in #london</p>http://love-elizabeth.tumblr.com/post/50012587966http://love-elizabeth.tumblr.com/post/50012587966Thu, 09 May 2013 09:08:00 -0500londonenglandukbig benwestminsterlondon eyetravel“To have another language is to possess another soul.”<br/><br/> - <em>King Charlemagne</em>http://love-elizabeth.tumblr.com/post/49727215165http://love-elizabeth.tumblr.com/post/49727215165Sun, 05 May 2013 18:12:10 -0500languagelinguistics<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1bb02bf897eb5a5cd10b46393cd24431/tumblr_mma9gqYQ5L1r2e603o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Swimming lessons. #birmingham #england (at Worcester & Birmingham Canal)</p>http://love-elizabeth.tumblr.com/post/49603707745http://love-elizabeth.tumblr.com/post/49603707745Sat, 04 May 2013 11:50:50 -0500englandbirmingham<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/415b3203a4cb63682a3fc126a8f0f1ba/tumblr_mma0nsvBlx1r2e603o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>If eating enough veg English breakfasts to last me till my next visit means having it for lunch as well, then so be it! (at Selly Sausage)</p>http://love-elizabeth.tumblr.com/post/49591176402http://love-elizabeth.tumblr.com/post/49591176402Sat, 04 May 2013 08:40:00 -0500EnglandfoodbreakfastSelly SausageBirminghamvegetarian<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0a1975640fb5fafb9b3d3b5c0c2b7708/tumblr_mm17vsSDIh1r2e603o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Hello again. #uob #birmingham #england (at University of Birmingham)</p>http://love-elizabeth.tumblr.com/post/49196098926http://love-elizabeth.tumblr.com/post/49196098926Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:38:16 -0500uobenglandbirmingham<p>Just heard back from the job interview that I had for a teaching position overseas, and they&#8217;ll schedule me for a second interview, and if that goes well too, then I&#8217;ll be moving to China at the end of the summer. Oh my golly!</p>http://love-elizabeth.tumblr.com/post/49180710869http://love-elizabeth.tumblr.com/post/49180710869Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:04:23 -0500real life<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1071ecd05d27b7484df68d2a6c9cf13f/tumblr_mlz0mkqpnd1r2e603o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>It still feels like winter here, so I’m savoring every bit of green that I can find. #england #uk #spring #springhasnotsprung #green</p>http://love-elizabeth.tumblr.com/post/49094244377http://love-elizabeth.tumblr.com/post/49094244377Sun, 28 Apr 2013 10:06:20 -0500springgreenenglandspringhasnotsprunguk<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1acce5b2fa87a57b26ccabf83a10cc53/tumblr_mlv3nmaxxj1r2e603o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Tea and Doctor Who. Feeling especially British at the moment. #uk</p>http://love-elizabeth.tumblr.com/post/48924794787http://love-elizabeth.tumblr.com/post/48924794787Fri, 26 Apr 2013 07:21:21 -0500uk<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/5db02420742a1afd472dfce2f1a3f93a/tumblr_mltocddXJ11r2e603o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Oh how I have missed living in a country where chocolate caramel shortbread is readily available! #england</p>http://love-elizabeth.tumblr.com/post/48864130979http://love-elizabeth.tumblr.com/post/48864130979Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:53:01 -0500england<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4fc4aebb0e043916f5d35a71fe340410/tumblr_mltfxy2QYP1r2e603o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“If the tea’s shit, feel free to make more. Unfortunately, you’ve been made breakfast by the only Englishman who doesn’t drink tea.” Gotta love the service at the Etheridge Resort. #breakfastinbed #england #tea</p>http://love-elizabeth.tumblr.com/post/48855044813http://love-elizabeth.tumblr.com/post/48855044813Thu, 25 Apr 2013 09:51:34 -0500teaenglandbreakfastinbed<p><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/80f145cf1c460f9e30139a4283e865ea/tumblr_inline_mlpx7cOsdd1qz4rgp.jpg"/></p> <ul><li><span>Drink all of their tea.</span></li> <li><span>Walk along Birmingham&#8217;s canals.</span></li> <li><span>Watch <em>Doctor Who.</em></span></li> <li><span>Get caught in the rain.</span></li> <li><span>Try my hardest not to fake my friends&#8217; accents.</span></li> <li><span>Drink more tea.</span></li> <li><span>Wander through the city centre.</span></li> <li><span>Go shopping at the markets.</span></li> <li><span>Use as much British slang as my heart desires.</span></li> <li><span>Watch a sunset.</span></li> <li><span>Watch a sunrise.</span></li> <li><span>Have a picnic in the countryside.</span></li> <li><span>Go on adventures.</span></li> <li><span>Stay up all night with my friends, just catching up on each others&#8217; lives.</span></li> <li><span>Smile all the time.</span></li> <li><span>Call cookies &#8220;biscuits&#8221; and use the letter <em>u</em> to spell words like favourite and colour.</span></li> <li><span>Eat English chocoloate and millionaire shortbread and treacle tart and scones and crumpets.</span></li> <li><span>Spend every possible moment with my friends.</span></li> <li><span>Have a nice (vegetarian) English breakfast.</span></li> <li><span>Savour every second, every raindrop, every breath of fresh English air.</span></li> </ul><p><a href="http://loveelizabethtravels.com/2013/04/23/announcing-the-england-2013-trip/" title="England Trip" target="_blank">It&#8217;s going to be amazing!</a> My flight takes off tonight at 7:45 Eastern time, and I already am sick with excitement! #flygraine</p>http://love-elizabeth.tumblr.com/post/48702536376http://love-elizabeth.tumblr.com/post/48702536376Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:16:00 -0500EnglandUKBritainteatravel<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7e73ff234a64711134007470455b19bf/tumblr_mlpsg2F25z1r2e603o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Oh my goodness golly, I’m leaving for England today!!!!! #england #uk #birmingham</p>http://love-elizabeth.tumblr.com/post/48697073213http://love-elizabeth.tumblr.com/post/48697073213Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:31:14 -0500birminghamenglanduk<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a2c21dcd343ca0455e8cbb6dfa5ee8e2/tumblr_mlpl6kI7t81r2e603o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Small-town sunrise. #sunrise #nofilter #ohio #middleofnowhere (at Village of Minster)</p>http://love-elizabeth.tumblr.com/post/48690176397http://love-elizabeth.tumblr.com/post/48690176397Tue, 23 Apr 2013 07:54:20 -0500ohionofiltermiddleofnowheresunrise<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f4d29f15d2880dd5229121585a681e9f/tumblr_mlo9h0dmd81r2e603o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I leave for England tomorrow, and oh my golly, I’m so excited to get back there!!!!! #london #england #uk</p>http://love-elizabeth.tumblr.com/post/48630671296http://love-elizabeth.tumblr.com/post/48630671296Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:43:47 -0500englandlondonuk<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/20b7a05e804ed3cd16725f3ec32b3c29/tumblr_mllzvw0h8b1r2e603o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>TWO DAYS!!!!! #london #england #uk</p>http://love-elizabeth.tumblr.com/post/48524701225http://love-elizabeth.tumblr.com/post/48524701225Sun, 21 Apr 2013 09:21:32 -0500englandlondonuk<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/95c844f2c592ddf598f68c39bee6a5a9/tumblr_mlkljy3owd1r2e603o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>3 days! I’m so excited to get back to Birmingham! #uk #england #birmingham</p>http://love-elizabeth.tumblr.com/post/48463394133http://love-elizabeth.tumblr.com/post/48463394133Sat, 20 Apr 2013 15:14:22 -0500birminghamenglanduk<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8f544c2f14ce2ae3de8cd282d0f8158a/tumblr_mlig05Zafh1r2e603o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>4 days. Still haven’t unpacked from my last trip but maybe it’s time so I can start packing for England! #london #england #uk</p>http://love-elizabeth.tumblr.com/post/48362590271http://love-elizabeth.tumblr.com/post/48362590271Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:19:17 -0500englandlondonuk<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/58b4709d56e568f58978ac8326c5f75e/tumblr_mknrgjsjB31qji1fbo5_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8a7a914e85008d6bed58d64ae7f9ffe4/tumblr_mknrgjsjB31qji1fbo6_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/978876bc3cb5ccd205825130008ff4d0/tumblr_mknrgjsjB31qji1fbo1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/bb0716867ad50e11760797cb27dbbd81/tumblr_mknrgjsjB31qji1fbo7_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d5e53eb6ae49f25879b6975b1e0d0e9e/tumblr_mknrgjsjB31qji1fbo2_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/61aa336ef4c42ed17f9b025ea8d91649/tumblr_mknrgjsjB31qji1fbo3_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f6bbe43c165db0cae22de75186067604/tumblr_mknrgjsjB31qji1fbo8_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/53781d7ce61cee2f1cfe6fb2e451cfc1/tumblr_mknrgjsjB31qji1fbo4_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><p>There was a super secret screening of Monsters University tonight and I saw it and oh my goodness golly it was so wonderful. No spoilers, though! Y’all will just have to wait till June to see it!</p>http://love-elizabeth.tumblr.com/post/48331831717http://love-elizabeth.tumblr.com/post/48331831717Thu, 18 Apr 2013 22:23:04 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1aff1f593ba4359bec09947eee6c0adc/tumblr_mlgbomYhYY1r2e603o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>5 days till England!!! #england #uk #birmingham</p>http://love-elizabeth.tumblr.com/post/48274323139http://love-elizabeth.tumblr.com/post/48274323139Thu, 18 Apr 2013 07:50:46 -0500birminghamenglanduk