Woke up in the wee hours of the morning to take the train down to London. Only five of us went on the trip to London because Shekka had gone to Wales for a field trip last week and had fallen and twisted her ankle on Thursday. We didn't think it would be a good idea to walk on her swollen ankle and she wasn't up for it either. So we left her to the mouse infested house and headed to the train. On the second train, we all fell asleep which was nice because we had a long day ahead of us and needed the sleep.
When we got off the trains, we caught the tube that would take us to Carlie's parent's hotel. We dropped off our stuff and caught the tube north towards the British Museum. By this time it had started to rain so we all had umbrellas. We got off the tube and started walking the wrong way to the British Museum. That was my bad. Got confused with the map. But we got turned around and headed the right way to the Museum. When we got there, a huge line was waiting to get in. We decided that standing in the rain to get in was not something we wanted to do. So we did a little shopping and decided to the Hard Rock Cafe for lunch.
At this point, it had been raining all morning all our jeans and shoes were soaked. My shoes were soaked all the way through and the bottom of my pants were also soaked. The best part about the rain was seeing Carlie and her mom with umbrellas that were falling part. Both of the umbrellas were flipped in the rain and were then broken. It was so funny seeing them walk around with broken umbrellas trying to stay out of the rain. Definitely made my day. lol. :) By the end of the day, we were laughing the rain off because otherwise we would of been grumpy. We just had to be light hearted about it and figured we needed the experience of true England weather.
We caught the tube to Hard Rock and sat down for a nice lunch in the first Hark Rock ever made. Pretty cool to be in a historic place. They just celebrated their 40th anniversary. Pretty sweet. I had a really good meal as well. The food was delicious.
After Hard Rock, the rain had let up for a while so we decided to walk through Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens. Hyde Park was beautiful and is comparable to Central Park in New York. It's big and had stands for food, a river, and memorial statue/fountains in the area. It was beautiful. One of the memorials we saw was for Princess Diana. It was a fountain that was in the shape of a necklace. We almost missed it because it didn't know what it was. It was very gorgeous though, especially by all the flowers.
We then went on to see the Peter Pan statue at Maryanne's request. She is a HUGE fan of Peter Pan and loves all the books and movies. I had wanted to see it as well because I knew it was a pretty famous statue. When we got there, it had started to rain again but that didn't stop Maryanne. She was climbing all over that thing, wanting as many pictures as possible. It was really cool to see.
When we were done there, we decided to head to Harrod's, a huge department store in London. Harrod's was definitely the biggest store I've ever been to. It was 5 stories high and even had a store guide to pick up when you walked in so you could find where everything was. It was quite ridiculous. We mostly just walked around to see what they had but didn't buy anything because it was ll super expensive. Carlie's dad and I saw a baby's leather jacket that was worth almost 200 POUNDS! Ridiculous! We also got to see puppies that were for sale. They were so cute, and expensive. lol.
After Harrod's, we went to a few shops that were in our price range. I found a beautiful ring that looks like a giraffe. I had seen it in Bury St. Edmunds but didn't buy it because I couldn't find the right size but I found it here so I bought it. I absolutely love it. :)
When we were done shopping, we went back to the hotel to change and go to a pub. We went to a pub called the Shakespeare. It was a really cute place. There were two guys sitting by us that kept whistling at us but we couldn't acknowledge them. They went on for about a half hour. It was really annoying. I mean really? If we weren't looking at you or acknowledging you, why would you continue? We aren't interested! We were glad when they finally left. lol.
After the pub, we headed to Carlie's parents hotel to grab our stuff and head to our hotel. We got on the train and then caught a cab to our hotel. When we got there, the guy at the front desk was in a bad mode or something because he was snappy with Alix about having her email confirmation. But we got it figured out and then went to our room. We had two single beds and a double. Not as nice as our last room from last weekend but definitely better than a hostel. So we headed off to bed and looked forward to sleeping in a little since we didn't have to be to the Titanic Exhibit until 11. Definitely another fun day in London.
Cheerio.
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