London

London!

Ive wanted to go there since I was 10, and I finally got to go. I was there for 20 hours and it was amazing. Obviously it wasn’t enough time, so im hoping to go back. When I landed with my sister and her friend Kim I was in a bit of an annoyed mood. Flight delays. Middle seats. Customs. Late trains. Weather that felt cold than KBH. And Waterloo station is so huge its hard to find your way out.

But once we found (the amazing) hotel everything started to go well. It was already dark, but that didn’t matter. We went on an amazing walk. We saw the London eye, Big Ben, Buckingham, Pickedelies Circus, and a few other areas. We stopped somewhere in Westminster and had one of my favorite meals of my study abroad time. I had a heaping plate of lamb and potatoes covered in a thick gravey, with sides of carrots and peas. So so so good! I don’t care what you think about peas. The girls both had fish and chips, which was pretty good too (I cleaned sis’s plate up).

As pictured in the previous post, I visted one of the HMV mega stores. It was amazing. I got so many cds that are not available outside of England. Mostly dance music, because its harder to find, but there was also a rock disc as well.

If you know anything about me you know that I like subways/metros/trains/etc. airships too. So obviously I thought the London Underground was really interesting. It was so interesting to experience what is the one of the most talked about systems. The system is actually pretty old. A lot of the tunnels down are way to small for the number of people who use it, and I don’t know who in their right mind puts hall ways with right angles deep underground (at least they put mirrors). There was also a circular stair case with no indication oh how deep it was. We walked down for probably 5 min in what felt like a neverending and dizzying downward spiral. But the system was really easy to use once you got past that. Its almost impossible to get on going the wrong direction. Its also really expansive, and you can get almost anywhere in the city, or so it felt. So I actually really like the system. I feel comfortable in it, despite the flaws. Its my kind of place

Currently listening to: Florence + the Machine and Clubland X-treme Hardcore 6 Disc 1