Another weekend in London..

October 11th, 2014

So, I’m a bit late posting this because our Internet has been down. We spent our first full weekend in London and no; I didn’t see Taylor Swift (just knowing I was in the same city as her was enough).

We were supposed to go to the zoo, however the forecast said there was going to be heavy rain showers, so we opted for the Natural History Museum instead. Thankfully, it did not rain because we were stood outside in a queue for an hour and a half; apparently on a Saturday afternoon you can’t just walk into the museum. Once we got in, we were greeting with the skeleton of a huge dinosaur #rawr. Overall the Museum was a huge disappointment because I really thought I was going to see the skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus Rex, however all I was able to see was a robotic one. Had I not been expecting that, the museum would have really been great because I really did enjoy the mammal exhibit and the human biology exhibits. When we left the museum, we took the tube (favourite transport) to our hotel.

Once we checked in and freshened up a bit, we were off to Piccadilly Circus to see the One Direction movie. The cinema was the absolute craziest; you could buy beer and wine to drink while you watch the movie and the seats were super comfy (almost like a sofa chair) and reclined! I bought some very delicious sour candy and kicked back to enjoy the show. I may have been a little too comfy though, because I ended up falling asleep (and waking up in a panic because I thought that I had missed my favourite song). When the movie was over, it was nighttime, so we got to experience a bit of London at night. It was so very pretty, all of the lights and people. We didn’t stay out long though because we had to get back to our hotel and do some lesson planning. We ended up going to sleep pretty early because we knew we’d need all our energy for the next day’s events.

October 12th, 2014 

We went to Oxford Circus (well actually Oxford Street)!! My bank account still hasn’t and will probably never forgive me. There are so many stores on that stretch of street, and I’m pretty sure we stopped in just about every one of them. I have 90% of my Christmas shopping done and now may have to buy another suitcase to get everything home. It was actually amazing, you were able to barter with the shopkeepers for just about everything. One guy wanted £40 for a sweater, but as we screwed up our faces and started walking away he shouts, “but for you £20!” (we all know I bought the sweater lol). So many great deals! We were absolutely exhausted by 2 o'clock and we decided to head back to Harlow.

Overall, it was a lovely weekend! We don’t have any travel planned for this weekend and we are the most excited. No alarm for the first time in weeks!