When in London

I have only spent a weekend in Europe and I am already in love with it! I have never been to London and the weekend excursion that came with the AIFS program to start of the semester was a blast! We got to London super super early in the morning on Friday and after getting situated in the hotel were allowed to go and explore the city. A couple friends and I walked through the streets of Chelsea England and also got to find some great food stops. Fun facts the streets of London are a little backwards than those in the US and drivers break for no one, and when I say no one I mean NO ONE. We were based out of Chelsea England where the famous Chelsea Futbol team has their home field. The team is unbelievably popular and even though we did not get to tour the stadium you could tell how massive the place was!

The second day in London we got a bus tour throughout the city. By far one of my favorite parts of the weekend because we were able to see all the staple London spots you would want to see on a visit. We got to visit Buckingham Palace (it was interesting to hear that the flag changes whenever the Queen is or isn't home), St. Paul’s cathedral which is where Princess Diana was married in and then also the Tower Bridge and Big Ben. The tour covered lots of stops on the way too such as famous shops and streets including Kings Street where a lot of famous artists such as the Beatles used to live.

After the tour we were able to go off on our own venturing to what had to be one of my main requirements of visiting while in London, platform 9 ¾ of course! It was a cute sectioned off area of Kings Cross Station where you could pick your house’s scarf to wear and you could get your picture taken. We luckily hit it at the right time because after that the line was crazy! From there we wandered around London and even got to stop at the British Museum. A thing to note about London all the museums are free to the public but accept donations. This particular museum had a whole lot of eastern country history which was interesting to see! From the Rosetta Stone to antique German cars.

Platform 9 3.4, think you being funny do you>!

The most opportune piece of the day was getting to meet up with my friend Suze from SMC! She has been studying abroad in London for about a month now in Kensington, we talked about meeting up and a couple of us were able to get over to Kensington for dinner! It was great to see another familiar face and who would have thought we would all end up in London?! Crazy right! The weekend in London was unreal and far too short to see everything but it was a jam packed weekend! Now onto Spain!

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