London Adventures

In October went to London with other students from U of I who are also studying in UK/Ireland. The trip was really fun, we got to do some unique things and I've always wanted to see London! We started by going to the theatre and seeing a play called "yes, prime minister!". The play was really good, it had a lot of subtle things that were pertaining to the British culture, but there was still plenty of funny things for the Americans! The next day we started with a bus tour of some of the more famous places in London. Our tour guide was hilarious and showed us some great things! We saw all the usual places 
(Buckingham palace,

Westminster abbey, The Parliament building,

and tower bridge)

- as well as some fun places like a pub that was covered entirely in flowers and the place where diagon ally was filmed. 

For the second half of the day we had a scavenger hunt that involved running all over London and taking pictures of various famous things. This was a great opportunity to see a bunch of things we may not have visited otherwise like the Rosetta stone, Trafalgar square and Oxford street. 

We finished the scavenger hunt at a restaurant were we learned how to cook our dinner from a French chef. The food was delicious, we made teriyaki chicken with pasta mixed with some veggies and mushrooms.

 The last day was a short day because everyone was leaving at different times. For me, my flight wasn't until the next morning so I went to the tower of London with the rest of the group. We spent the morning wandering around, looking at the armor and jewels. For lunch I went with another girl to a pub for some traditional English pie that was so delicious!

 From there we wandered to old Stanfield's market and made a quick stop at petticoat lane. The old Stanfield's market was really cool. It was an old building that was packed full of tents for vendors to sell their clothes, food or jewellery. 

After wandering around the market, the girls I was with had to catch their train, so we made one final stop at king's cross station to take the stereotypical "platform 9 & 3/4" picture.

 From there I made the trip back to the airport and spent the night in the airport waiting for my 6am flight.