Cheers to London

It’s been too long since I’ve updated! A series of fortunate events has kept me occupied. To begin, let’s go all the way back to London:

I loved visiting London… Not to mention we definitely savored the opportunity to speak english! We split a hotel room (cheaper than a hostel), which ended up being really plush. It was just us 4 girls this time: Katie, Kelsey, and Sarah. Drew was in London for the weekend too, so we met up for Thai food and a drink at the Pub for his birthday (Side note: glad I did not turn 21 while in Europe). Unfortunately, we only had a day and a half for touring, so it was packed with activity. Of course we saw all the major sites: Parliament building, Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace, River walk, London Bridge, London Tower, Portobello Street (vintage shops), Tate Modern Art Museum (I saw Picaso, Monet, Matisse, Warhol, Salvador Dali, and even more that I can’t remember right now… It was very cool). My favorites were probably Westminster and Tate. And the accents: In the pub, we had an English man telling us how much he loved OUR American accent and the fact that we all spoke so properly. I’d have to disagree with his view, but it was fun to hear none the less.

Our flight out of London left at 6:50 in the morning. It is an hour bus ride to get there, we had to get to the bus stop to catch the airport bus, plus get to the airport early; all this left us with a departure time of 2:30 am! Yikes…. But of course we used our time wisely the night before: stayed up late watching episodes of CSI (had to feed the TV thirst).