I got to spend a week in London with my parents, sister and brother-in-law. It was the best possible family vacation I could have had before leaving for two years, I got to spend a ton of time with Kate and Ron and we got to explore and have an adventure as a family.
Some of the awesome things I got to do include:
- The London Eye, I'm going to be honest, its amazing, the views from the Eye are incredible and if you are ever in London (even if you've been there before) get a ticket and enjoy the view!
- A trip down the River Thames, this was awesome and you got to see a large amount of the city all at once.
- Shopping on Portabello Road. This was awesome and we saw some awesome stuff and if you are someone who loves to shop this should be a great stop. I would love to make it on a weekend in the summer when the weather really allows you to see the street vendors instead of mostly just the stores.
Portabello Road
- Canterbury Cathedral may not technically be in London but it is worth seeing. I took my first audio tour (thank you for insisting Kate) and really enjoyed walking around the beautiful cathedral while learning a lot of interesting history. My favorite part was the cloisters which was the area where the monks lived in the past, it was beautiful.
- If you ever go to London, do a bus tour! There is so much history in London that it was awesome to learn more of it.
- The Tower of London was something my mom and I did just the two of us. It was really beautiful, we didn't see the crown jewels because we didn't want to wait in a long line but we got to walk the battlements and see some medals and learn about the history of the tower. It was so cool to see but...the Tower is so SMALL compared to what I saw in my mind. But it was still awesome!
- The British Museum is something I would love to go visit again. We didn't have as much time as I would have liked so we only got to walk around a little but it was so cool and they have so many artifacts that I would love to spend a day or two going from the top to the bottom. We did get to walk through the African area and found some textiles from Madagascar and then we walked through Egypt and Ancient Rome. It was awesome!
I bet you can't guess but I thought my whole trip was awesome! It's the first time I've been to an English speaking European country and I loved that I still heard French, Spanish, German, and many other languages. I'm pretty sure I heard Finnish which was pretty cool. I can't wait to go back and it made me want to live in Europe even more.
In other news, while I was in London I got confirmation that I have been medically and dentally cleared! And the night before we left I submitted my graduation transcript so I have EVERYTHING turned in. YAY!!!!
And as of yesterday I am FREAKING OUT about leaving in a month. How am I going to get everything done? I have so much to do to get ready for Madagascar and I just hope that I get it all done in time. Anyone who knows me knows that I am a completely last minute packer and I had an epiphany yesterday that I cannot do that this time. This could be a hilarious time to witness, my parents are going to get to see my attempts and getting things done early and I'm sure they will have many stories to share.
Hopefully my next post will be about how awesome I am at preparing but...we shall see. I hope you have an amazing week!!!
Love,
Chloe
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