Wednesday, February 17, 2010
London
I woke up in London on the bus under an overpass next to train tracks. Drabby and cold but I immediately knew I was going to love this city.
Anyways, we got all our things to our rooms, got ready, and my friend and I headed out to do some site-seeing. I was so happy to find out over Christmas Break that Mike's brother, Nick Vainisi, would be studying abroad in London during the same time I would be here!! So Nick met Tara and I at our hotel to take us around and show us places. We first walked to Buckingham Palace. Not what I expected- to me it looked like a museum or a really big lecture hall at a university.. maybe thats what those things are modeled after? Anyways, after that we walked down "the mall" to Trafalgar Square. I really liked this area, the buildings were really cute and there were lots of little shops and pubs. We then saw the London Eye (big ferris wheel) and then Parliament/Big Ben/Westminster Abbey. I still couldn't believe I was actually in London! I feel like all these things happened so quickly I couldn't process it. I felt more like I was in another country when looking at the non-historic buildings and walking around the different squares like Trafalgar and Leicester. Leicester was really cool, it was really busy when we were out, and it was a Monday night. I guess that is where most of the tourists go and kids/university students.
It rained pretty much the whole time we were there. I didn't know that it LITERALLY rained like 90% of the time in London! I thought that was just kind of a joke-ish...
People there are either pretty miserable or really really nice. I have found that the majority of people that have been mean are the women we've encountered.. but..
Our drivers have been really helpful and nice, telling us where the best places are and where to find certain things.
I'm really excited to go back to London next week and see more things. I still need to see Camden Town and Covenant Gardens.
I think that this link below will take you to my album of pictures on facebook that I took so far!
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2446699&id=14816887&l=4f7231a979
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