After trying my hardest to look like a true Londoner it was officially obvious today I was not one. With my camera permanently attached to my hand, Allyse, Melanie, Emma, and I began our shameless tourist day. We hit all of the major spots - Buckingham Palace, Trafalgar Square, National Gallery, Big Ben, and Westminster Abbey. At any given step one of us would pause and take a picture and it wasn't long after that the rest of us realized we should be taking a picture of that too. We can't help that London is just the prime place for perfect pictures. You could walk around the corner and suddenly spot Big Ben or part of the London eye. It's brilliant. (Like my London word?!) The architecture here is absolutely breathtaking. Every building is unique and beautiful and it makes you wish the buildings could talk so they could tell you their history.
When we began our day at Buckingham Palace we just so happened to have come at right time to catch the changing of the guards. Anything to do with Buckingham Palace just fascinates me. Mostly because I wish I was a royal. It was very interesting though to watch them march and see their guard band playing in front.
Walking around that much can make a girl quite hungry too! We ventured to our regular hangout Pret (this being only our second time there) to grab a sandwich and continue exploring. We had this whole walk and eat plan going on. Our reasoning? It costs extra to sit in! Silly London. We weren't feeling that. We're poor and would rather spend our money elsewhere. Well we soon realized people in this country don't really do that.. We decided to find a nice little bench and eat in the park instead. How precious, right?! We now know why no one really does that! We were surrounded, swarmed, bombarded, and invaded by birds and squirrels. (Not that dramatic but you get the picture. It was a lot.) More than I've ever seen! We definitely learned our lesson.
After being attacked by birds we continued on to Big Ben and Westminster Abbey. That by far has to be one of the prettiest churches ever built. I was definitely imagining the whole royal wedding today and having my I-wish-I-was-Kate-moments. I mean who wouldn't?! It's literally a real-life fairy tale.
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| Looking for my prince! |
Finally the night ended with a dorm room pub crawl. Interesting event to be hosted by our RA's. Definitely not something we would do back in the states! We originally thought we were going to local places around where we lived but instead we went into Leciester Square. It was a huge tourist destination and something that's not fun with a group that size. We wanted to meet some locals! Instead Melanie, Allyse, Emma, and I came back to our dorm and grabbed some chips (fries for you Americans) from this hole in the wall restaurant and just sat and ate them in our dorm. They hit the spot. Definitely a perfect ending to an adventurous day!
( - Kind tourist lady who took pictures for us at EVERY possible angle. Hey at least we had plenty of options!)
Memorable Quotes:
"Off the masonry please. British taxpayers pay for that and we haven't got any money left." - Buckingham Palace Guard
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