Our journey beginsTake Off, AustraliaTransit in SingaporeThe place where the books are black.London on footOxford, United KingdomNever again, so long as I may live.Markets and musicals... cliche much?Last days in LondonIch bin ein Jam-DonutI like your Altstadt better than your NeustadtBrezl bigger than your head!Ze castle of ze crazy KingMalvenue à Paris!Tuesday? What Tuesday?!The Louvre in 30 secondsThat Spears bird has given Brittany a bad name...Let the wine flow freely!A very Gaudí dayMontserrat, SpainValencia, SpainMadrid, SpainThe moment of truth!Restaurant Gordon RamsayThere... and back again.
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After two days of nonstop walking arond London, it was nice to be able to just sit on a bus for a few hours and watch the scenery go by...and THEN walk around for hours.
We went into the day with just a vague plan of what we wanted to do- no road maps, or itineraries, and I think it worked really well. We stumbled across Christ Church, which is still a functioning student college, which in itself weirded us out. Somehow I don't see throngs of tourists wandering around Bruce Hall with cameras anytime soon.
The grounds were beautiful, and the college Cathedral was stunning, however it is heartening to know that no matter where you go, no matter how beautiful the surroundings are, college food is still the same. Despite the old furniture, and the paintings of College deans, Prime Ministers and Henry VIII adorning the walls, one whiff of the Dining Hall and I was back at King's and Bruce Hall all over again, with thoughts of Chicken a la King, and mystery meat filling my head.
We took in the sights for a few hours, including England's oldest purpose-built Museum, it's largest University library, and lazily wandered the streets for a few hours before heading back to London.
We caught up with an old friend of mine from Year 8 for dinner, which conveniently happened to be just around the corner. One thing we're DEFINITELY struggling with in London so far is the food, so it was nice to go out for a nice dinner, which doesn't consist of microwaved bacon and hideous Chinese. That being said, we're determined to do the local thing, so we've already had the full English breakfast, pork pies with mushy peas, and are going out for "traditional English" curry tonight... (God my tastebuds can't wait for France and Spain *S*)
We did also happen to stumble across the "26th best bar in the world" (if you believe their cocktail menus), which just happens to be right next door to where we're staying! It was great to catch up with Beth, who I haven't seen i years, and with Megan on Tuesday as well. We're also planning on metting up with friends on Friday, Saturday and Sunday too, so we're probably being more sociable here than we are at home :)
Anyway, better go- we're off to get fitted for our suits, and then to meet the Wedding Photographer! Groomzilla, here we come!
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