My blog is finally here!!!So much to share about the last couple weeks! I have been out of the States since Janurary 5th so I appologize for the very little detail.
Rachael (my super cute college roommate) and I headed from SFO to London Heathrow ready to take on our week of UK adventures - technically just London since we never left the city. We stayed at our first hostel and it was interesting. Not as sketchy as I imagined and we met some fun people. We met up with Danielle (another Chapman girlfriend) a few days later and moved to a quaint little hotel together with bad customer service. Actually, everywhere in London seemed to have bad service compared to the US.
Our daily adventures consisted of a walking tour of "royal london" with our hilarious scottish guide, Eliza. We saw Buckingham palace, Trafalgar Square, Westminster Abbey, Parliment and Big Ben. All of it = BEAUTIFUL! Hyde Park was lovely (as the Brits call everything that is nice) and Harrods was amazing. We also visited the Natural History Museum, the Tower of London (which we unfortunately didn't go inside of because we are cheap), the Tower Bridge, St. Paul's Cathedral (which I'm also pissed about not going inside of), Shakespeares Globe, Abbey Rd. (complete with a Beatles re-enactment photo), and last but not least, Kings Cross train station- aka. Platform 9&3/4
The tube (underground/metro/subway) was really easy to use and would take us anywhere we wanted to go. I love public transportation and the London system was pretty easy to learn thanks to our trusty BART back home.
Of course we went out at night, every night to be exact, and it was a good time every time. We met some nice Brits and Australians too. I love both accents! We spent alot of our time just making fun of how each other talks and uses funny words or expressions. The best night was definately our last when we went to see a show called "We Will Rock You." It was a musical based on all of Queen's songs and it was hilarious.
As amazing as all the sight-seeing was, the most memorable part (in a bad way unfortunately) of our London vacation was the weather. I can't even describe the misery I felt every time I walked outside. It was absolutely freezing and my feet and face felt numb the entire trip. If I ever decide that I want to live somewhere where it snows, I demand that you stop me from doing such a stupid thing.
Well, that about sums up London! next stop: MADRID
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