Showing posts with label London. Show all posts
Showing posts with label London. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Overall impressions of London.

Video will return shortly. :|

Update:
Video here, so PLEASE LEARN TO SMILE, WILLIAM, LOL.

Londres, Vendredi, Samedi, et Dimanche - 19/11, 20/11, et 21/11

Back in Cilantro. Hazelnut hot chocolate? Mmmm.. Friday was superbbb! Woke up, met Will at King's Cross. Had a near crisis thinking I wouldn't be able to get to Platform 9 and 3/4, but William saved the day and we successfully got our photos! I can now die happy. But, not yet. We took the tuuuube to Leicester Square and snagged a table in a cafe where Will CHUGGED his tea before we tried marmite and speculoos. Marmite. Is. Bizarre. Speculoos. Is. Delicious. Finished and met Rosie, Meaghan, and Paulina. The actual theater (cinema!) had a balcony level and neat curtains to unveil the screen. Movie was AMAZING. Can't believe I've already seen it and will have to wait until summer to see the final installment. I think my heart just stopped for a second. Anyway, shortly after, we ended up saying goodbye.
I took the Oxford Tube bus to go stay with Rosie. Upon arrival, we got some super yummy Noodle Nation noodles. Got back, hung out with Rosie, Meaghan, Paulina, Nikita, and maybe others as well. Went to bed, slept way late. Had lunch in "The Hall" and then wandered around Oxford while they went to a play/studied. It's really beautiful city. Bought three poster things and assisted some nice foreign boy with his choosing. Went back to Rosie's and was forced to watch Glee. Don't really know how to feel about it, and resent the huge support of it. Went to dinner in "The Hall" again. Then went to a few pubs, including the favorite of C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkein! Tried "winter pims" which was fairly pleasant. Had a good night/late night, woke up and came back to London on the bus.

In Trafalgar Square. It's lovely. Cold. Lonely. <3 href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZC-f3894dzuPgbCDtXZOmmzOBs3p1QLuR0NCsNhbsLl6UqtlpUbtO5QsDO_ZYQ4zo8UbsE2yvhuYWO4mBXrfT95hvloFp8jbu7tppftVA8jOYL_ic0t-FGDTdKs4KnCoi4PLKT9qOxd1v/s1600/148801_1493819073536_1475820148_31161833_398855_n.jpg">
Saturday, Oxford:
Sunday-
Views from the London Eye
Piccadilly Circus
Trafalgar Square:

Londres, Jeudi 18 Novembre

THURSDAY 18/11:

Breakfast:
Full of Spanish. Peanut butter! Back to room to get ready.
Metro to Tower Hill, Tower of London:
-Beautiful, rain added to the gravity of the executions but would be great on a clear day as well.
-Yeoman tour:
--WONDERFUL. Would suggest it to EVERYONE!
-Crown Jewels, NEAT
-Royal Armo(u)ry; kind of boring, lots of steps down.
-Didn't walk on a wall. :(
Metro (5 minute pause in the car) to Westminster:
SUPER AMAZING. Going back Sunday night for when everything is lit up + London Eye. Crossed River 2 times.
-Westminster Abbey was BEAUTIFUL. Practically ineffable. Pay to enter, free audio/listening guide. Lady Chapel. Wow. Poet's Corner. Chaucer, Keats + Shelley, Byron, SHAKESPEARE (lol not really), Browning. DARWIN. HANDELLL. Tomb of the unknown soldier. Prayerbox. What do people pray for? What do they ask priests to pray for, 2 times a day for a week?
Raining as I left, wandered to Buckingham Palace. Huge statue of Queen Victoria. Huge. Through Green Park. Down the road to Piccadilly Circus. Stop at Cilantro, sandwich. Made it to Piccadilly + went to British Museum @ Russell Square. Took a long way around. SOAS poster with about 30 languages offered for instruction. Screw Liam.
Holy AOWUEH!@#ER*WT@!#. **
New life goal? Live in the British Museum. Really. Curl up next to some busts or sarcophagi... Okay, maybe not... Map was super confusing. Wandered into what was apparently the Hall of Enlightenment and managed to find a copy of the Rosetta Stone. <3. olmec =" group," style="font-weight: bold;">tomorrow!! Cannot believe HP comes out tonight at midnight (technically). After I see it, I may be emotionally unhinged. I feel that a part of me is dying as ths eries is finally, officially coming to a close. It's been such a huge part of my life. Hello, I'm meeting William tomorrow! I've known him probably 3 or 4 years now. I think at least 4. Sending each other awesome music (The Killers/The Cloud Room) and drawing him pictures of Pokemon in paint. WE'VE COME SO FAR!
Going with Rosie to Oxford tomorrow, I do believe! Really excited, hope it'll be a fun time and that her friends will like me. Sosososo pleased with my days here so far. Except the hostel. The window is broken and thus permanently open. Was rainy and cold. Slept in a tanktop, shirt, pants, wool socks. Was alright, as the comforter was in fact super heavy. Slept surprisingly well. Tired again, looking forward to sleep.
Content.
FRI: HP, Will, Rosie, Fish/chips
SAT: Oxford
Sun: London Eye, National Gallery, maybe Katie's, souvenir shopping. Byebye London Monday morning..

Tower Bridge and Tower of London:


Parliament, Big Ben, and Westminster Abbey:


Buckingham Palace:Green Park:


British Museum:



:)