London had been on the very top of my list of travel for a long time. Everyone I know has been at some point, so I was very excited to have the chance to go. I finished school on the Thursday afternoon, went home and packed my little suitcase and headed to the airport. The place left at around 9pm and I arrived in London after 10pm sometime. It's only a 2 hour trip which is easy. I caught the Gatwick Express to Victoria Station to meet Kym. This was my FIRST TIME meeting Kym. Iv'e know her for years via internet, but now was the time to actually MEET! i was so excited! When we saw each other we knocked each other out with an epic hug! It was so surreal to finally meet. The whole time she kept saying 'I can't believe you are in London!'. I couldn't believe it either! She was lovely enough to let me stay at her place on Thursday night. after getting off the tube/trainthingy we walked to her place and I saw my first FOX haha He was just chilling on the street. it was highly amusing to me lol.That night we feasted on cheese toasties (using those AMAZING toastie bags! GENIUS!), wine and we watched some trashy tv! A good time!
The next morning Kym took me out in London town. We hopped on a bus (the awesome red ones) and went up the stairs and sat up the front. Unfortunately the seats next to us were covered in puke (ew). So the ride to Trafalgar square was marred by the fact that there was puke just sitting there. The smell was awful and it was one of those things where it was gross but you couldn't look away. Luckily we changed buses. But then the stupid bus driver kept leaving the door open, leaving us COLD. London was very windy that weekend.
We walked around and saw so many things! The Queen's house aka Buckingham Palace, The Thames, Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, St Paul's, Hyde park, Fleet Street etc. It was so cool to finally see these places in person! After a massive walk we ate a Pub lunch (AMAZING! I'd missed it so much!) in Fleet Street (no I didn't eat a pie).
Later we stumbled across the Twinings Store (LOVE). I have a severe addiction to Twinings Tea, so it was amazing. I bought myself a wooden box to store teabags in and also some different flavoured teas: Mulled Spiced Tea and White Tea with a hint of Pomegranate. They are so delicious that I wish I bought more!
At around 5pm Kym and I made our way to Kings Cross Station to meet another friend Gwenny! I have also known Gwenny for many years via internet. I met her about 10 years ago! So now it was FINALLY time to meet! Gwenny works for Eurostar and only had an hour break before she had her next shift, but I was so glad we had the chance to meet! It was amazing! After talking for so many years, to finally meet was so GREAT! The three of us sat around and had a drink and then visited platform 9 3/4 which they have turned into some dodgy wall lol but we still took photos of course. I'm looking forward to spending more time with Gwenny and Kym!!!! Gwenny and I are planning to go places which will be fantastic!!! And I'm hoping to visit London again soon!
The next person to meet up with was PAUL aka Homestar. I was so excited to catch up with Paul! I hadn't seen him since before he left for London last year! When I saw him I knocked him over with a hug (heh). We said goodbye to Gwenny and Kym and made our way to dinner with some of Paul's friends. We had dinner at an awesome Vietnamese place. It was a change of what I was eating in Spain. After dinner we headed back to Paul's place. We watched an episode of Miranda (rude haha) and went to sleep.
the next morning we watched Miranda again ahaha and had breakfast which was VEGEMITE ON TOAST. OH MY GOD. I'm pretty sure it was the most amazing taste ever. I can't believe how much I had missed it. Mmm salty. After breakfast we headed out for the day. We went on the London Eye (Highly overpriced, but the views were really lovely so it was worth it in the end lol), The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (where I went to Toni & Guy to get my haircut as I was DESPERATE for a haircut). We ended up having Maccas for lunch (bad idea lol).
We also visited the Australia shop (AHH!). I bought some papaw ointment as I forgot to get some before I left and I also bought some Barbeque shapes (OH MY GOD) and some Lamingtons (AHHH!). The taste of home was totally worth it.
After, we went to meet one of Paul's friends and then we went to a rehearsal for a concert paul was in. I sat in the rehearsal and listened. They were an amazing group of musicians! The music was just fantastic and so was the standard. I really enjoyed the concert. I made me kind of sad that I'm not back home at uni doing alot of music. Hopefully I can start singing lessons soon though! Afterwards we all went out to Pizza Express for dinner and started singing Laudamus Te from Vivaldi's Gloria. Music nerds.
It had been a long day, and then Paul and I headed back to his place to get some much needed sleep!
The next morning we woke up and had vegemite on toast for brekkie (eeee) and headed out to Knightsbridge. Paul was singing in a service that morning, so while he had a rehearsal I thought I'd go and find Harrods. Unfortunately when I got there it was closed (boo). So I wandered around, had some tea and a pastry and made my way back to the church to see Paul in the service. It was kind of weird being at a service and not having to sing. Afterwards we went to Harrods which was open (finally lol). Harrods is just insane. I don't know how people afford to shop there. I bought the typical touristy stuff because it's all I could afford. Paul and I saw a table that was something like 25,000 pounds. INSANE. It's a TABLE. People have way too much money to spend. There was also this awful soprano who was actually PAID to sing to the customers from a balcony. It was so bad. Paul and I had a chuckle.
After Harrods we went and had lunch at Wagamamas which was awesome! But they gave us so much food! Then we decided to walk it all off in Hyde Park. It was so nice to walk and have a nice catch up with Paul...until he wanted to throw my suitcase in the lake (RUDE) haha.
We walked, laughed at ducks, had hot chocolates which were actually luke warm, fed squirrels chocolate bar and then I also got freaked out when the squirrels got really close and I screamed and Paul laughed. Rude.
We walked then from Hyde Park to Victoria station so I could catch the Gatwick Express to catch a plane back to Madrid. Before I got on the plane we had a lovely little drink and then it was time to leave London :( I was really sad to leave as I had really enjoyed my time! So I'm looking forward to seeing Paul when he comes to Madrid, and hopefully I can get back to London again! YAY!
When I arrived at Gatwick there was an EPIC delay on the plane back to Madrid. rude. Then when it was time to board the plane I was told that I had to put my bag under the plane because they had reached the limit. rude. When I got my bag back in Madrid I found it all scratched. idiots.
So anyway it was a fantastic first trip to London! The only this is that London is super expensive, and I found I had spent all my money in 3 days. oops!
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The next morning Kym took me out in London town. We hopped on a bus (the awesome red ones) and went up the stairs and sat up the front. Unfortunately the seats next to us were covered in puke (ew). So the ride to Trafalgar square was marred by the fact that there was puke just sitting there. The smell was awful and it was one of those things where it was gross but you couldn't look away. Luckily we changed buses. But then the stupid bus driver kept leaving the door open, leaving us COLD. London was very windy that weekend.
We walked around and saw so many things! The Queen's house aka Buckingham Palace, The Thames, Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, St Paul's, Hyde park, Fleet Street etc. It was so cool to finally see these places in person! After a massive walk we ate a Pub lunch (AMAZING! I'd missed it so much!) in Fleet Street (no I didn't eat a pie).
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| Kym and I having lunch! |
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| Me being a tourist |
At around 5pm Kym and I made our way to Kings Cross Station to meet another friend Gwenny! I have also known Gwenny for many years via internet. I met her about 10 years ago! So now it was FINALLY time to meet! Gwenny works for Eurostar and only had an hour break before she had her next shift, but I was so glad we had the chance to meet! It was amazing! After talking for so many years, to finally meet was so GREAT! The three of us sat around and had a drink and then visited platform 9 3/4 which they have turned into some dodgy wall lol but we still took photos of course. I'm looking forward to spending more time with Gwenny and Kym!!!! Gwenny and I are planning to go places which will be fantastic!!! And I'm hoping to visit London again soon!
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| A meeting after so many years!!!! |
the next morning we watched Miranda again ahaha and had breakfast which was VEGEMITE ON TOAST. OH MY GOD. I'm pretty sure it was the most amazing taste ever. I can't believe how much I had missed it. Mmm salty. After breakfast we headed out for the day. We went on the London Eye (Highly overpriced, but the views were really lovely so it was worth it in the end lol), The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (where I went to Toni & Guy to get my haircut as I was DESPERATE for a haircut). We ended up having Maccas for lunch (bad idea lol).
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| View from the London Eye |
After, we went to meet one of Paul's friends and then we went to a rehearsal for a concert paul was in. I sat in the rehearsal and listened. They were an amazing group of musicians! The music was just fantastic and so was the standard. I really enjoyed the concert. I made me kind of sad that I'm not back home at uni doing alot of music. Hopefully I can start singing lessons soon though! Afterwards we all went out to Pizza Express for dinner and started singing Laudamus Te from Vivaldi's Gloria. Music nerds.
It had been a long day, and then Paul and I headed back to his place to get some much needed sleep!
The next morning we woke up and had vegemite on toast for brekkie (eeee) and headed out to Knightsbridge. Paul was singing in a service that morning, so while he had a rehearsal I thought I'd go and find Harrods. Unfortunately when I got there it was closed (boo). So I wandered around, had some tea and a pastry and made my way back to the church to see Paul in the service. It was kind of weird being at a service and not having to sing. Afterwards we went to Harrods which was open (finally lol). Harrods is just insane. I don't know how people afford to shop there. I bought the typical touristy stuff because it's all I could afford. Paul and I saw a table that was something like 25,000 pounds. INSANE. It's a TABLE. People have way too much money to spend. There was also this awful soprano who was actually PAID to sing to the customers from a balcony. It was so bad. Paul and I had a chuckle.
After Harrods we went and had lunch at Wagamamas which was awesome! But they gave us so much food! Then we decided to walk it all off in Hyde Park. It was so nice to walk and have a nice catch up with Paul...until he wanted to throw my suitcase in the lake (RUDE) haha.
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| Rude |
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| The wee squirrel that scared me |
When I arrived at Gatwick there was an EPIC delay on the plane back to Madrid. rude. Then when it was time to board the plane I was told that I had to put my bag under the plane because they had reached the limit. rude. When I got my bag back in Madrid I found it all scratched. idiots.
So anyway it was a fantastic first trip to London! The only this is that London is super expensive, and I found I had spent all my money in 3 days. oops!
x
