We ended up getting to the airport ridiculously early since the bus only goes to the airport once an hour, but that's okay. Better early than late don't you think? So Erica and I perused the bookstores and gift shops for half an hour until Emily and Anna got to the airport. Then it was off to London!! When we landed in London we got to stand in the short line to go through customs/passport control since we weren't EU citizens like everyone else, it was awesome. And the guy saw my passport (I handed it to him backwards so he couldn't see the US seal on the front) and he was like "aah miss Canada" and then flipped it over and was like "nope miss usa" it was weird...but I got my stamp and everything then we took the bus to our hostel, got dinner and went to bed.
Saturday we got up early, had breakfast and went straight to the Tower of London and took a tour with a beefeater and heard the whole bloody history of the Tower. It was so cool!! I didn't realize the beefeaters actually lived in the tower, but that must be soooooooo cool!!! I'm jealous! After the tour we saw the crown jewels which were SO IMPRESSIVE!!! It made me want to be a princess or a queen until I realized that although the crowns look cool they've got to weigh a ton, so then I decided maybe not. lol. After the Tower we went to the tower bridge which was really cool! and after that we went to Starbucks! My first starbucks in over 6 weeks and I've got to say - it was fantastic!!! Then we went to Shakespeare's Globe Theater, although we couldn't actually see the stadium/theater part because there was going to be a performance later and they were setting up, but I peaked and it looked pretty cool. Then from there we went to Kings Cross station....you'll have to look at the pictures to see what we did ;-) and then from there we went to Trafalgar Square, Big Ben/Parliament, and Westminster Abbey. Westminster Abbey was closed by the time we got there but it was still super super cool! The weather was surprisingly good yesterday -- it only drizzled a little bit and it was at the end of the day. After the abbey and Big Ben we wandered around Soho before returning to our hostel. We ate nearby at a pub that was decorated for Halloween and was cozy. Then we went to a different place for dessert and drinks which was fun! Then back to the hostel. When we got back we discovered that there had been a mix up and they overbooked/gave the wrong room key to someone and so there was 11 people in our 10 person room and I didn't have a bed. So we had to wake everyone up to find out who wasn't supposed to be there which was awkward. But it all worked out and then we went to sleep.
This morning we got up, checked out of the hostel, went to Starbucks (of course!) and then met up with Emily's friend who's studying abroad in London and we walked through Hyde Park and saw Kensington Palace and the Peter Pan statue before making our way to Buckingham Palace. The only bad thing about today was that it was COMPLETELY pouring for the whole time we were walking so all of us got completely drenched. This afternoon we got back to France at about 5:30 French time and I didn't get home to my host mom's house until about 7:00-ish because of customs and then we missed the bus....but yeah I have lots more stories but I'm tired and have to get up and be in class at 7:45 tomorrow!!
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