London Love - Pt. 1
Monday, July 12, 2010
We've been back in the United States for a good couple of weeks now... and already miss London. We had so much fun but did not get to see everything we wanted. It was a Study Abroad class so our options were a bit limiting. Here are some highlights though:
We had a bit of a money problem half way through our trip. Basically, we had money, just no way of accessing it. All we had for about a week was just the cash we had on is... which was not a lot. We discovered that margherita pizzas were amazingly cheap and pretty filling. Oh... and so yummy!
Advice: Have at least two money back-up plans in case the first one fails... Trust me.
Anyways, did we mention the food we had was amazing?
We later found The Sherlock Holmes. It's a pub. Literary nerdiness and drinking all combined into one. We were in love!
While at the British Museum, Gossamer was misbehaving so I tried feeding him to one of the stone cats.
For the first week, there were elephants EVERYWHERE. We just realized Gossamer did not take a picture with any. I think he was scared they might come to life and trample him. A totally reasonable fear.
We tried to go to Hogwarts. We couldn't get through because we're monsters and muggles. Someday we'll make it... Someday...
Here's a man. He's in a cow suit.
We got to go inside a Beetle House. Gossamer felt right at home!
Yea... more Sherlock Holmes stops. We couldn't help ourselves.
Then we decided to literally stop and smell the roses.
While at the London Zoo, we made friends with a goat and family of Meerkats.
The Number One thing we learned about London: They have a REALLY bad history with fire. Seriously. This picture is Gossamer in front of the monument dedicated to the Great Fire of 1666. I think maybe a total of 2 places we visited were not burned down at one point or another...
To finish off for the day, we give you this:
A Baby Tardis! If you don't know how insanely awesome that is, then we feel really bad for you.
We'll have at least two other post soon. One more about London and one about Stratford-Upon-Avon. Stay tuned and Toodle-Loo!
We had a bit of a money problem half way through our trip. Basically, we had money, just no way of accessing it. All we had for about a week was just the cash we had on is... which was not a lot. We discovered that margherita pizzas were amazingly cheap and pretty filling. Oh... and so yummy!
Advice: Have at least two money back-up plans in case the first one fails... Trust me.
Anyways, did we mention the food we had was amazing?
We later found The Sherlock Holmes. It's a pub. Literary nerdiness and drinking all combined into one. We were in love!
While at the British Museum, Gossamer was misbehaving so I tried feeding him to one of the stone cats.
For the first week, there were elephants EVERYWHERE. We just realized Gossamer did not take a picture with any. I think he was scared they might come to life and trample him. A totally reasonable fear.
We tried to go to Hogwarts. We couldn't get through because we're monsters and muggles. Someday we'll make it... Someday...
Here's a man. He's in a cow suit.
We got to go inside a Beetle House. Gossamer felt right at home!
Yea... more Sherlock Holmes stops. We couldn't help ourselves.
Then we decided to literally stop and smell the roses.
While at the London Zoo, we made friends with a goat and family of Meerkats.
The Number One thing we learned about London: They have a REALLY bad history with fire. Seriously. This picture is Gossamer in front of the monument dedicated to the Great Fire of 1666. I think maybe a total of 2 places we visited were not burned down at one point or another...
To finish off for the day, we give you this:
A Baby Tardis! If you don't know how insanely awesome that is, then we feel really bad for you.
We'll have at least two other post soon. One more about London and one about Stratford-Upon-Avon. Stay tuned and Toodle-Loo!
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