London Calling

Big Ben, Parliament, Westminster Abbey

Buckingham Palace

London Bridge

London was absolutely amazing. It’s one of those cities that you say you’d like to go someday and are amazed when you’re actually stepping foot in it. I don’t know how we did it, but in two days we managed to see the “must sees” of London. We got up at three in the morning to catch our flight from Edinburgh. When we landed in London we dropped off our bags at the hostel and headed downtown. Getting off our train we saw London Bridge and made our way around town to stop by Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, a walk by the Thames River and on to Buckingham Palace.  Yesterday we ventured out again and saw Kensington Palace (just to check up on my royal friends Will and Kate), the Tower of London, walked around Notting Hill and visited the British Museum. In it we saw things like the Rosetta Stone, the stone faces from Easter Island and a few mummies. I couldn’t believe I was seeing all of these historic, famous landmarks of London. Today I headed back to Stirling. After a busy weekend in bustling London I was happy to see the green hills when I landed in Scotland. Being back in Stirling feels more like home. I managed to get a paper written on the flight back. It’s hard managing my time between schoolwork and touring around. I want to see as much as I can while I’m here but I also want to do well in my classes. I feel like I’m constantly going from one thing to the next with few times to just be lazy but I might as well fit as much in as I can. Another difficult thing to manage is my money. I’ve never had to pay for meals, laundry, transportation and sightseeing in my previous trips abroad. It’s tough paying to go see things and not break the bank. Even though London was an expensive town, I couldn’t be happier that I got the chance to see it.