London was AMAZING!!! It was so much fun and is such a cool city, filled with so much history and things to see. The weekend was jammed packed with so many things, we saw so much in the few days we were there. We got to our hostel late Thursday night, so we just got some food and hung in. We woke up early Friday morning to get on a "Hop on-hop off" double decker tour bus, and spent the day riding it around the city. We stopped off at Picadilly Circus, where we found a great store where i got some new jeans (5 pounds on sale!) and then walked around a little and grabbed some lunch. After lunch we went on a Beatles Walking tour around SoHo. Our tour guide used to be a guitarist in the time when the Beatles were getting big, and took guitar lessons from Eric Clapton. He showed us all sorts of cool spots, like where Jimi Hendrix played his last gig before he died, where the Rolling Stones got together, and the house where The Beatles played on the rooftop. After the tour we hopped back on the bus and stopped at Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, and Parliament. By the end of the day we were so beat, we got back on the bus and rode it back to Hyde Park, where our hostel was near.
Friday night I got to meet up with ReRe and Mikey at a pub near our hostel. They took the tube and met me and Mary for a few drinks. It was so good to see them! We chatted for a few hours and I got the full scoop on what's been going on at home, and we had a lot of laughs. It was so fun meeting up with them and it felt so good to be with family! After we left ReRe and Mike, we headed back to the hostel to meet up with the rest of the girls and went out to a Hookah bar. I had never smoked Hookah before, but it was so much fun! It was very relaxing and we were sitting on couches outside with heated lamps all around us. It was a good day to end a long day of touring and walking.
Satuday morning we woke up early to catch the changing of the guards ceremony at Bukingham Palace. Our tour guide took us to see a bunch of statues of kings and queens, and it was so interesting to learn about how crazy some of them where! The changing of the guards ceremony was unbelievable, the band played awesome songs and the guards looked so cool marching in sync with their uniforms and bear fur hats. After the tour we grabbed lunch and decided to make our way to Harrod's. We attempted to figure out the way on the Underground, which was very interesting. We ended up switching way too many times and made it way more complicated for ourselves than it should have been, but eventually made it. As soon as we walked in I was blown away. Everything was so extravagant, and incredibly expensive. I loved the jewlery room, and have never seen such big diamonds in my life. There was an amazing shoe room, with heels costing about 1000 pounds, I found one gown for over 5,000 pounds. I loved every minute of it, and decided that I need to marry rich. Saturday night we went on a pub crawl that was advertised at our hostel, and had a blast. The crawl took us to five bars, and included free admission, four free drinks, and VIP access in the clubs. I actually enojyed the London club scene, it was much better than the ones in Galway!
Sunday morning we headed our with no set plans, and wandered around Hyde Park and the Kensington Gardens for a while before getting on the tube towards Abbey Road. We finally got the hang of the Underground system, and once you figure out how to read the maps it's kind of like the T. I had no idea Abbey Road was going to be such a busy street, and every time we tried to get our Beatles picture we got honked and screamed at. Eventually I decided to say "too bad about 'em!" got in the middle of the road and directed traffic so we could get our shot. The picture came out great, and I think we look just like The Beatles!
The weekend was great, and I had such a fun time traveling, it makes me want to go to more places!!!
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