Emma's reflection
My reflection is this entire blog! I started working on it in July 2025 in the lead-up to our trip to the UK on 18 September, and I completed it on 13 April 2026, six months after arriving home.
With hundreds of photos, over 140 pages and posts, and around 35,000 words, it has been a huge project! I have thoroughly enjoyed reliving each place we visited to keep the memories of our trip alive.
I've always wanted to go to the UK, so it sometimes feels a bit surreal that we actually went. It's nice when little reminders pop up in day-to-day life unexpectedly, confirming that we did actually go! This blog will serve as a reminder of so many of the little details that would otherwise have been forgotten over time.
Further down this page is a list of places to visit the next time we get to go to the UK - better start saving!
Don't forget to check out our favourite photos, travel map and trip statistics too.
Sienna's reflection
Since returning from the UK Sienna has handwritten a journal reflecting on our trip with hundreds of photos and souvenirs like coins, tickets, receipts and postcards. Below are a few pages - check out how thick it is!
Bridie's reflection
Bridie has posted lots of photos from our trip on her various social accounts, but my favourite is her adventure.with.arlo.the.dragon account - below are some images of Arlo. Arlo is a dragon plushie who travelled around the UK and to Paris with us, as well as to Canada with Bridie in mid 2025.
Places to return to
On our travels we took note of places we'd like to come back to. Some of these we had planned to visit but ran out of time, others we found along the way. This list will be a great starting point for our next trip to the UK and Paris!