LONDON BABY!! I could not help but constantly say this while I was there. The land of the Beatles and the Royals was simply wonderful. Jessica and I arrived early on Tuesday morning and met up with Amanda, her sister Carla, Brooke and their friend studying here Chris. He lives in a dorm style living space on campus which was interesting to see how he lived compared to us. His campus looked like a boarding school on the East coast. Lush green lawns and red brick buildings. We dropped our bags off there since we could not check into our Hostel yet and then headed out see all the sights one needs to see while in London. Right out of his campus is a beautiful park filled with dafodils, cranes, cute bridges, weeping willow trees and people strolling along the paths. We took the tube and arrived right in front of Big Ben. Chris said that it really was not that big but that’s the biggest clock tower I have ever seen. Close to that was the London Eye which was huge! We unfortunately did not go up in it because the cost was outrageous. We strolled along that area while I enjoyed a stick of chocolate covered strawberries and street entertainers. We walked along enjoying the sights then made our way to Westminster Abbey. It was very beautiful and huge as well. Then we strolled through another serene park to Buckingham Palace, it was so neat to see it in person. The gaurds were out and did their march. They only switch shifts every other day in the winter-can you imagine standing out there for 48 hours?! Unfortunately there were no royal sightings ha. We sat in Hyde park for awhile and enjoyed the gorgeous day we had been blessed with. We of course had to take picture in the famous telephone booths and then checked in to our hostel. Jessica and I took a much needed nap then got ready for the night. Our hostel had a bar on the main floor with good happy hour deals so we got a drink down there where we ironically met some guys from Dublin. We had a great time chatting with them they headed out to meet up with everyone else. It was one of Chris’s friends birthday. After going to the club she originally wanted to go to and realizing it was closed we went to a place in the Picadilly Circus area called the Sports Page. It was a fun atmosphere with dancing and beer pong on the upper level. When we checked out the beet pong area who do I run into? Tommy Kcrmaric! Of all places I run into my Junior year prom date. He is studying in Rome but was visiting his friends studying in London. It was great to see him and catch up a little. The next day we had a lovely picnic on top of Primrose hill which overlooked all of London. We had another sunny day-so I never experienced the dreary rainy London. After the picnic we headed to Camden Market which was unbelievable. They had food vendors, clothing shops, antique shops among other random things. I found some great posters and a lot of neat things. It is held in an old Horse Stable so it is filled with a lot of neat horse sculptures. Sara Ricci met us there who is from Colorado State studying there. We enjoyed some curry from a food vendor by a river nearby then headed to a neat place to enjoy smoothie and coffee that she likes. After she showed us the famous Harrod’s. I never knew there could be a department store like it! We went in the evening time so it was all lit up and the inside was unbelievable. This is where all of the people who don’t know what to do with their money come. There was a jar of Caviar on sale for 1,800 pounds! Living the life those people are. After that we met up with everyone else and enjoyed some nice BBQ for dinner. Then we went to a jazz club and listened to a band playing there which was a lot of fun. The next day we had to check out of our hostel then headed through the parks one last time before we had to catch the plane to Barcelona. London was a whirlwind but definitely a lot of fun. Up Next the land of whims and wishes: Barcelona!
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