London!

Sorry for not updating in  a while! The family coming has put me behind in time and schoolwork and with the end coming so soon, I need to catch up, and quick! There is no way that a person can see or do a fraction of the things worth seeing or doing while in London for only three days. However, we tried to do as much as we could for as cheap as we could while we were there. Our first day there we dropped off our things at the hostel (which was amazing!) and took the time to walk around London. It was an awesome experience, mostly because we got to see a lot of the sight in the city that we would see the next day, just at night! It was absolutely beautiful. Michelle and I had a great time buying Toffeenut Lattes at Starbucks and caramelized nuts from a street vendor and walking along the River Thames!

The next day we did a free walking tour of the city, seeing all of the touristy sights but with a bunch of cool commentary and history behind it thanks to our amazing guide. Originally from Limerick, he was super friendly and really fun to listen to! We got to see Big Ben, The House of Parliament, Westminster Abbey, Downing St, and much more. Afterwards we jumped on 'the tube' and headed to the Tower of London and the London Bridge to see Shakespeare's Globe Theatre and then eventually up to Piccadilly Circus and Leinster Square for dinner. Every night we were able to come back to the hostel, which was above a pub and hang out with fun people and get discount drinks and pizza!

The next day is my favorite in London because of the way we got to spend the whole morning! Thanks to my aunt, we were directed to Fortnum and Mason for afternoon tea and it was amazing! Fancy plates and scones with clotted cream and embroidered napkins (which i stole!) made the whole experience appropriately English and fantastic! The department store was SUPER fancy and fun to just be in and look at things. Soon the exorbitant prices started to seem reasonable and we knew we had spent too much time there and it was time to buy our tea and head out! We spent the rest of the day exploring Brick Lane, a very hipster section of London where street art is common and the food is multi ethnic and the people are unique in appearance. The markets there were fun, and Michelle had tons of fun discovering famous street art.