London

Day 1:

Let's just say that London is a rediculous city. I loved it. We took the train down at, basically, the crack of dawn and got to our flats. It was like being on the Real World. We had the entire building for our group with 5 in each apartment. There were three bathrooms and a full kitchen and living room! How fantastic. We went down to Lester Square and bought theatre tickets.....Spamalot all the way!!

I hung out with the Spamalot kids and went to the British Museum for a bit and then we all napped before the show for an hour.The show was EXCELLENT and I loved it. It was so hot in the theatre though since there has been such unexpected warm weather but it was worth it. We wandered around for a bit after that and then got some pizza in the boys' apartment. Pizza Hut is the same in England. Thank God.

Day 2:

We slept in a little bit which was really nice and then I went off with Ben, Mitch, Jena, Anna, and Jessie to explore all of the touristy spots. We saw Big Ben, Parliament, Westminster Abbey, St. Paul's Cathedral, and the London Eye. We didn't actually go on the London Eye though because we were all tired and we had gone up in the Tower Bridge so we felt we had seen enough. We saw some crazy street performers too. You know those human statues? Creepy as hell. We saw pretty much a million of them I feel. Everytime I turned around there were more creepy people just standing around. It was an experience.

We ended up spending the night in the flats dancing and singing along to Spice Girls songs which was a lot of fun. It was a great night.

Day 3:

I woke up early for my day excursion with Ben and we headed out to a bakery for breakfast before a stop at the National Gallery and watching marching practice for the National Guard. After our small detours we headed to the Winston Churchill war rooms museum which was AMAZING. Not to be missed. I could have spent days in there. It was just opened a few years ago and they have left it almost completely the same as they found it. Being in an actual bomb shelter and being able to stand in Winston Churchill's bedroom? Dream come true for a nerd like me.

After a few hours there Ben and I hopped on the tube which was way way nicer than the ones in the States. The seats were cushioned and it didn't reek of urine; that's enough for me. We headed out to Abbey Road to try and see some Beatles landmarks and while we did see the crosswalk there was not really anything to see. Sadly we couldn't get into the recording studio and there wasn't really any sort of sign or anything. Oh well, still cool.

Then we went back on the tube and, in a Sarah Williams inspired moment, headed down to King's Cross Station where we took nerdy Harry Potter pictures :) It was lovely. We headed back to the flats and picked up some Subway (we were way excited for American food but the mayo tasted unsuprisingly like butter.....dodgy) We got back on the train where some slight drama occured and then went out as a group to the Carvery. I passed out in my room for the night because I was dead tired soon after. It also could have been the turkey. Your call. :)

And that was London.