Jour 58- London to Visit Susie

After recuperating from Provence, it was now time for Libby and I to set sail for London, England. If there was any place to travel, London was definitely a city I HAD to visit.

The travelling there was very frustrating. For some reason, the cheapest flights you take are always the hardest to maneuver. We woke up at 5 a.m. to get to the airport in time for our flight at 8:55 a.m. Getting through the airport was not easy by any means. Libby and I made a couple of detours throughout Charles de Gaulle because the French are no help whatsoever. We went through passport check twice because we were so confused where our gate was. Oh well, I got 2 France stamps in my passport! It was really stressful, and Libby hates flying, so that only made her more uneasy. We finally boarded the plane and it was only an hour flight!

When we arrived in London, we took a bus to the city and went straight to our hostel to check in. We stayed at the Generator Hostel in Russel Square. It was not too far from Susie on the map, so we figured it would be a good place to stay. It was about 11 a.m. and Susie was at her internship all day, so Libby and I decided to take a walk and tour the city by ourselves.

Along the way, we snapped the standard pics in the old telephone booths, walked up and down streets with quaint little apartments (each door had its own color), and stopped at a cute cafe were Libby had to get her chocolate fill. We spotted the coolest shop called "Candy Cakes" and in the windows they had the most precious looking cupcakes with different colored icing and candies on top! Libby, of course, was in heaven. We just stood there like little children staring at these cupcakes! We both decided that no matter what before we left, we HAD to get a candy cake!

We ended up in Trafalgar Square. Susie also goes to school in this area. The square is massive with the National Gallery, St Martins-in-the-field Church, and other buildings surrounding it. There were so many people there, especially children who were climbing up on the massive lion statues in the center of the square. I was jealous, and wanted to get a pic of Libby and I on a lion, but it never happened. Shame. We hit up a couple souvenir shops where I was sooo close to purchasing a London-themed school kit. I mean come on, that would of been so cool to have at SDSU. Next, we walked by an army museum where I snapped a great pic next to a guard. They all seemed to hate their lives. Imagine every day having to pace up and down the street. Thats it. No happiness in that!

We then proceeded to Westminster Square where we snapped pics of Parliament, which we first thought was Westminster Abbey and Big Ben. We wanted to be cool and go inside Parliament so Libby and I got a chance to sit inside a political debate in the House of Commons. It was so cool! I can actually say I sat in Parliament! Afterwards, we headed down the road to Buckingham Palace. Or so we thought. I literally took a picture of it, but Libby was like, "I think this is St. James Palace?" I think we thought this because we were in St. James Park?! Haha who knows!

After 6 hours of walking, we met up with Susie at 6 p.m. in Harrods. HOLY HELL! Harrods is every fashion lovers heaven! There were 6 floors of amazingness. Everything from shoes, to designer couture clothing, to candy and kid's toys, oh my! And the best part was, I couldn't afford any of it! I saw a massive gorilla stuffed animal that sold for 999 euros. A) who would by that and B) that's a ridiculous price FOR A GORILLA!

After, my feet were exhausted and we went to get dinner at a restaurant called The Dollar Bill by Susie's apartment. We ordered some drinks and had our first London dining experience! We decided to head back home afterwards because we were extremely tired and we wanted to wake up early and see more sights! It was a great first day in London!