Friday, December 9, 2011

So behind... London, England!

A few weeks ago, I headed to London to spend the weekend with my friend, Sara, who is studying just outside of the city in this little town called Twickenham.  

Even though the weekend was super short and went by way too fast, it was super fun to spend some time with her and to see some popular London sights!





We usually just have toast and coffee for breakfast, so getting a giant English breakfast was wonderful! And yes, those are baked beans! 


On the second day, we headed to Windsor Castle, the Queen's weekend residence that's about an hour outside of London.  As per my usual luck, we had the wrong tickets for the particular train that we rode, and had to pay a little extra (it has happened 3 times since then...) But other than that, Windsor was one of my favorite part of the weekend.  We got to tour some parts of the castle, along with the chapel where English Royalty is buried.  


I was a little disappointed that there were no red coated soldiers, but found out later it was because they wear thicker gray coats in the colder weather.  Also, notice the giant machine gun!  Super intimidating...


Of course we had to head to Platform 9 3/4 at Kings Cross Station for a picture.


Buckingham Palace! Although it was MASSSSSSIVEEEEE, I was expecting it to look a little less like the white house (in reference to the color and columns)



Another one of my favorite parts was visiting the Tower of London.  Although the entry fee was steep, (close to $30 American dollars!!) the tower contained The Crown Jewels (you had to stand on a moving walkway to see them so that you didn't look for too long...) The Bloody Tower, a chapel in which all who were executed at the tower are now buried, and the tower in which high priority prisoners were kept.  They actually had stone carved graffiti from some of the prisoners still intact on the walls!  It was eerily cool, but a little sad at the same time, since we now know what happened to many of those people.  





A big giant thank you to my lovely friend Sara who was a super awesome host, tour-guide, and companion during my trip!

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