...that was a while ago!
I'm finally up to my trip to London. My friend, Tom, asked me a while back if I wanted to go to London for a weekend - of course I said "YES!" What made it even cooler was when my friend from the states, Jessie, asked if I wanted to meet her in London on the weekend I already was planning to be there!
I met up with Jessie and her Mom and Dad and cousin, Julia at her Aunt & Uncle's house. I got there pretty late - it took me a lot longer to get from London Luton to center city than I had anticipated.
The first thing we did was go to St. Paul's Cathedral (http://www.stpauls.co.uk). It was HUGE! They had one of the projected banners at the top of the dome inside. I thought the projection didn't really fit with the theme of the church and Jessie made fun of me because I said it looked like the Wachovia Center.
The views from the top of St. Paul's were fantastic. My favorite part was the whispering chamber, which is at the top of the dome where you can hear someone whisper from the other side of the dome. We couldn't really get it to work, but it's a cool idea and it's amazing that they were able to engineer something like this SO long ago.
Walking around London, we found a guy that was parked in a van that blows bubbles on the side of a road singing a ridiculously cheesy song. Needless to say... we loved him!
This is a picture of the indoor/outdoor market that we went to - it was really crowded and we got yelled at when Jessie tried to take a picture of some old-lady's display.
Outside of an art museum that we visited, there was a beautiful outdoor ice-skating rink. I got this great shot of the Lough parents!
Then we went to the London Eye - the giant Feris Wheel near Westminster!
We got tons of great night shots! This one is of Parliament and Big Ben.
This is another shot of London at night from the London Eye.
The Lough's (and Julia) were awesome - it was so great to see them and I'm looking forward to seeing them all again very soon!
The next day, I did a bit of exploring on my own. I went to Nelson's Column in Trafalgor Square...
...Westminster Abby...
...Saw a parade of Scots!!!
...Went to the Winston Churchill Cabinet War Rooms...
Winston had a quote about one of Julia's relatives!
...Then I met up with Tom. Down this path, there were like 10 of the colored statue people. I've never seen so many in the same place!
Tom and I went to the Globe Theatre and took the tour of the inside. They do plays there in the summer, but the tour was really interesting. We learned a lot about the people of Shakespeare's time.
Then we went to the Tate Modern, which is an old power plant that was converted into a modern art gallery. This was one of their largest works.
And it wouldn't be a trip to London without some Fish & Chips!!! Tom and I got some great food at this place before I had to get on the plane home.
It was a great weekend with great friends - what more can you ask for??
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ahhh all my good memories of London came flooding back while looking at your pictures, Kyle!! I hope you are still having an amazing time. I think you told me you are going to be home for Christmas, I am going to be in CT for most of my break but will be in Reading for a weekend so I hope to see you!! Miss you!!
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