It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

HELLO EVERYONE!

The end of term is approaching therefore I am really starting to feel festive! As I have said in my previous post, I felt like I had to write a post about Christmas as it's such a big thing in the UK. It is only the 11th December at the time I am writing and I already feel like it's being the Christmas seasons for weeks! There have been Christmas decorations for awhile now and I had my first mulled wine at the beginning of November, something that would never happen in France unfortunately! I am going back to Paris in less than a week and I am really looking forward to see the city decorated for the occasion, as well as all my relatives to properly celebrate Christmas: I have watched Love Actually twice, have bought my Christmas jumper and done all my Christmas shopping so now I'm ready!

There is not much to add to what I have said already but I just wanted to share some pictures of the various Christmas markets I got to visit during my Erasmus year and this year or even cities decorated with Christmas lights so here you go:

CARDIFF

It was my first Christmas market in the UK and I loved it so much! It was also the day of a football match for which Wales was playing so the ambiance in the streets was just amazing!

LONDON

How could I mention the UK without London? Winter Wonderland (pic 1-4) is big and amazing, however, even if I visited it at the end of November, it was O V E R C R O W D E D...! I had to queue 40 minutes to get in but I got to see it in the dark, which was even better since there were Christmas lights everywhere! If you fancy going to a small amusement park and getting some mulled wine and sweets, you should definitely go! (also if you're not broke, it's fairly expensive). The last picture is Harrods, the British Galeries LaFayette! I didn't take any pictures from the inside but it's definitely worth seeing!

I had to take a picture with phone boxes on it #playingtourist

BATH

The last Christmas market I have visited this year: Bath. This city is beautiful during the whole year, but it becomes even more amazing during Christmas time: they make a real effort to decorate everything is unbelieavable, you even have Christmas decorations in the phone boxes! The market is probably one of the most popular in the UK and you can see it by how crowded it is from November onwards!

Fancy going to the North Pole?

BOURNEMOUTH

I went to Bournemouth mid-November to visit my friend Camille (thank you for hosting me again!) and I was pleasantly surprised to see they already had the Christmas market! Unfortunately I didn't get to take many pictures of it as it was raining the whole weekend.

When the pub is also decorated so it makes you feel at home>>>

NORTHAMPTON

I paid a visit to my good friend Julia in Northampton and even if they didn't have a Christmas market, there was still lights everywhere like in this street with a Christmas tree at the end! 

WINCHESTER

Last but not least: Winchester! This city is one of my favourite in the UK so I really love the Christmas market there. It is even better as it is next to the cathedral which I would recommend if you are nearby!

Have you been to many Christmas markets this year?




Julie XX