The final adventure I went on with my parents was to the infamous London! (It is even more infamous now that I'm writing about it after the Royal Wedding. We were there the first weekend of April and the wedding decorations were already underway.) We only had 2 days there and it was definitely not enough. I'm not even quite sure if a week would be enough time to see everything. But, we saw at much as we could and had a blast doing it!
It was fun to have a 'Huddleston' vacation again of go go go! It was also nice to be able to relax and enjoy the vacation more since they obviously speak English in London and none of us knew where we were so I didn't have to be the tour guide and translator. I arrived later to London than my family did so we were supposed to meet at the London Tower Bridge. Sounds easy enough right? A bridge and a river should be easy to spot right? Wrong. I get off the train and all I see are buildings--everywhere! I walk ended up walking in every direction but the direction towards the river. As we were calling and texting back and forth they just kept asking me where is the river or telling me to walk towards the river--I don't see a river was always my response. Finally though we met and after walking through 1-2 blocks of buildings, a river is found! The first day we mainly walked around from the London Tower Bridge, to the London Tower Castle, to Kensington Palace, and on. We also all at some point during the day, had some good ole fish and chips! Yum yum yum!
The second day we rode the double decker red buses in order to see all of the city and decide where to hop off to get a closer look. London is such a fascinating city! Without knowing their history, its hard to pinpoint where they got their influences. At times some of the buildings looked Roman but they definitely had their own flare. It was fun to see all of the random government buildings along with the known ones like Big Ben, Parliament and Westminster Abbey (when I was watching the wedding I kept thinking in my head--hey I've been there!). Big Ben and the Parliament seemed so stoic in their gold colors and intrinsic architecture. The pictures really can't capture their beauty. They both seem to protrude power. From the governing part to Buckingham Palace where the flowers and decorations were already blooming. What a grand place that would be to live in! We also hopped off to actually go inside the London Tower which was where all of England's big torturings and punishments were which was (oddly) really cool to see. We had a tour guide that pretended to be from that time period and gave the area extra life. There were museums inside that had the crowns from all the royalty to the type of armor they wore. My favorite part of the day though was when we took our included river cruise. We got to a point where on one side was the old part of town--the part with all of the history--and the other side had the newer more metropolitan area. It was almost an abrupt change but it still showed the history England has gone through.
Last but not least, being in London it is a must to find some things that relate to Harry Potter. Had we had another day we would have gone on the Harry Potter filming tour, but alas our time did not call for it. We did happen to find Platform 9 3/4 and even got in a red phone booth--to the ministry of magic please!
The second day we rode the double decker red buses in order to see all of the city and decide where to hop off to get a closer look. London is such a fascinating city! Without knowing their history, its hard to pinpoint where they got their influences. At times some of the buildings looked Roman but they definitely had their own flare. It was fun to see all of the random government buildings along with the known ones like Big Ben, Parliament and Westminster Abbey (when I was watching the wedding I kept thinking in my head--hey I've been there!). Big Ben and the Parliament seemed so stoic in their gold colors and intrinsic architecture. The pictures really can't capture their beauty. They both seem to protrude power. From the governing part to Buckingham Palace where the flowers and decorations were already blooming. What a grand place that would be to live in! We also hopped off to actually go inside the London Tower which was where all of England's big torturings and punishments were which was (oddly) really cool to see. We had a tour guide that pretended to be from that time period and gave the area extra life. There were museums inside that had the crowns from all the royalty to the type of armor they wore. My favorite part of the day though was when we took our included river cruise. We got to a point where on one side was the old part of town--the part with all of the history--and the other side had the newer more metropolitan area. It was almost an abrupt change but it still showed the history England has gone through.
Last but not least, being in London it is a must to find some things that relate to Harry Potter. Had we had another day we would have gone on the Harry Potter filming tour, but alas our time did not call for it. We did happen to find Platform 9 3/4 and even got in a red phone booth--to the ministry of magic please!
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