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25 August 2011

All good things come to an end.

I woke up yesterday morning feeling really lazy. It was raining, too, so I just wanted to stay in bed, the only thing that kept me from doing that was that the bed was so uncomfortable. So I decided to plan out my last two days, which for some reason, I thought I only had one day here. Thanks for Marissa, I had a book of things for do for under 10L in London. I just went to the British Museum and went to buy souvenirs. Then I went to the National Portrait Museum. For dinner I had what seemed to be American Chinese food. Bad choice. I tried to get theatre tickets because I still need to see a Shakespeare play here! The lady said that I would have to wait until tomorrow morning because everything was sold out. So I walked around the area and I found M&M's World. Haha.

But I checked it out anyways. I got back to the hostel at 20:30. I can't believe they played the movie, Taken. -_- I avoided watching that because I was traveling alone. I'm such a pussybitch sometimes. I had plans to go out with the Canadian and German, but I then we got lazy and just stayed in. I found out from these German girls at the hostel that TV shows in Germany are all dubbed in German. Its crazy. They don't know Family Guy's Stewie's real voice! Its madness. Haha. I also met an English guy that used to work at the Hostel, but now just lives there... But yeah, we talked about American customs versus European, Gadafi, and how to insult people in England. Haha. I mostly just urbandictionary-ed whatever he said. Haha. Then I went to the bathroom. When I came back he was making out with a girl that was staying at the hostel. Oh man. What is with this. I swear I'm like being punished by walking in on people having sex and seeing people make out in front of me. -_-

Today I woke up feeling horrible again. I totally forgot that I had another whole day here! First I went to see more free museums. Well I tried to. I decided to go to the farthest one first, finding out that it doesn't open on Wednesdays. -_- I didn't want to wait for the bus so I just walked everywhere. I bought a sandwich at Tesco and ended up in what I think was the business district. Hello young, successful businessmen, get in my pants, please!

I went to the Bank of England Museum, statue hunting, St. Paul's Cathedral, souvenir shopping and exploring Trocadero. Then I went back to Leicester Square to get the theatre tickets. I was too late, and the tickets were really expensive. So I just walked around more. I actually just love being here, walking around, taking everything in! Then I ended up in Chinatown. Haha.

Oh man I was not expecting that. It wasn't as big as Boston's but it had its perks. I bought Pocky in sooooo many different flavors! Ahh! I bought bubble tea, and dinner to go. When I got back to the hostel, the Canadian, German, and I discussed going out.

My original plan was to stay here until 3:00 then take a taxi to the airport, since my flight was at 6:25. Then I found out the taxi to the airport would be really expensive and my best bet was to take the last train or metro, which would leave around 23:00. So instead of going out, I went to Tesco for the last time to buy cider to bring home. *tear* I love that place. Then I packed. The Canadian and German offered to take me to the metro station because it was so dark outside. Then we all realized, we never got each other's names! Haha. Elizabeth and Ralphy. While I was packing, these Australians came in! They were so friendly. All the other people in our hostel room ignored me unless I asked them questions. They wanted to go to the pubs and drink, but I had to leave! UGH! I was so mad!

I arrived at the airport around 1:00 and just read. There was nowhere to sleep, so I just stayed up being miserable. Check-in for Aer Lingus was an hour late. -_- I was already cranky enough. This made me even more cranky. The only good thing was that they didn't charge me extra for having an overweight luggage. :) I did not have money for that.

I slept on the flight to Ireland, and had a 6 hour layover. So I slept in Shannon Airport. Haha. I wish I had people with me. Then I wouldn't feel like such a hobo. I decided to use all my pound coins on the internet kiosk. After surfing the net, I bought some more souvenirs. I just sat around and waited to go through customs, which I was so scared for because I'm underage in the U.S. with cider in my luggage. I made it through and then got on the plane. I sat next to this guy that goes to Northeastern. Pretty cool guy. I ended up watching movies the whole time back.

My dad picked me up at the airport with my brother. I went to see my cousins and then back home to sleep. I have to give out souvenirs, catch up with friends and family, watch all the TV shows I recorded on FiOs, and get ready for school next week.

It's nice being home, but I WANT TO GO BACK TO EUROPE!



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1 comment:

  1. soooooo jealous. holy crap. so glad you had such an experience... wish i coulda been there with ya! ahhhh if you ever go back to europe please take me with youuuuuu

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