merry england

arrived around 6.30 am sunday morning. by the time we were nearly prepared to leave the airport, bob throws up. after he finished that bit up, we hurried to catch the tube; by we i mean kathy, maria, marlene, and me. big jack, little jack and bob just casually strolled. they missed the train, so kathy coached us on how to get to our hotel and got off at the next stop to meet up with the others. by 8.30 we had all reached the hotel, and were told we couldn't get our rooms til noontime. meg met up with us and took us to a cute little cafe. she left to go study for a final, so the rest of us went on a double-decker tour around the city. aaabsolutely freezing.

monday we finished 85% of the bus tour around the entire city. stopped off at the tower of london for the day. toured some of the place with a beefeater named tom jones. finished that tour, went to see the crown jewels (gorgeous) and i ate the shittiest lunch ever. left the tower a few hours later and went to meet up with meg for dinner.

tuesday went to westminster abbey which was my favorite part of the entire trip. the architecture is so remarkable and the entire place is in perfect condition. the lady chapel left me literally speechless. we were planning on going to the cabinet war rooms after but jack and i conspired to change the plan to instead go on the london eye. in the end we got our way because we're brats.
the eye is a giant ferris wheel with pods that hold up to 25 people. it takes half an hour to do a full revolution, but at its pinnacle you can see over the entire city. met up with meg for dinner again at a nice little italian place where we all had delicious pizza. later that night, pat called me and told me my acceptance from catholic u had come.

wednesday was relaxing. meg was leaving for italy that morning, so we all stuck around for awhile til she was gone. kathy, big jack, and bob still wanted to see the cabinet war rooms and the imperial war museum, so they went off and did that while the other four of us went to a few museums and stores within walking distance. went to the natural history museum, the victoria and albert, and harrod's. went back to the hotel, napped, got ready later on to go see an adaptation of the lion king. absolutely mindblowing, i loved it.

thursday we went to the british museum. saw the rosetta stone, the gates from assyria, artifacts taken from the parthenon and mummies from egypt. it was legit. later that night we went to see a play called jersey boys, a biopic about frankie valli & the four seasons, which was so well done.

friday went to madame tussaud's! i took pictures with (figures of) all my favorite celebrities. morgan freeman, daniel radcliffe, posh & becks, britney spears, the beatles, bob marley, jfk. yanno. all the greats.

saturday morning checked out and went to the airport 50 minutes before they were even announcing our gate number. leaving was bittersweet; london had been such a wonderful time we were sad to see it end, yet we were all excited to get home.

united lost my luggage so that was a lousy way to end such a great vacation. they delivered it this afternoon, thankfully. and now i've been home for less than 24 hours and i've already gotten into an argument with my sister. cheers.