Apple pie among the FISH & CHIPS, Part I

LONDON 09 DAY 1:
Just touched down in London town!

As much as we love gay Parieee, we needed some English in our vocabulary. On Friday July 23 Christy, Kyndal Chrissy took the Chunnel to London. I only wanted to go for two reasons 1) see Harry Potter in London, 2) see the Kings Cross Station and go to Platform 9 3/4 so I could go to Hogwarts for C Session summer school. Gotta graduate on time!

Unfortunately for 2 of the 4 London-goers, their passports didn't QUITE make it in their purses. Apparently going to London from France isn't like a day trip to Mexico in 2007 (before the passport requirement). LUCKILY they were both able to jet home, grab their passports, and finagle their way onto later trains and met us just a bit later.

First things first, we ate breakfast. Everything I heard warned me British food was AWFUL, but au contraire. It was perfect. A HOT steamy breakfast of eggs, bacon, sausage, toast, orange juice AND coffee. None of this one croissant until lunch shit. Full and jolly, we checked in to our dirty dirty hostel, O'Callaghans . Once we got over the AIDS infested blankets the place actually wasn't THAT bad. Plus the management were all Australian mates who came in handy later in the trip (get excited, this story has nightlife!)

Our jolly tube stop...

Next up, HARRY POTTER! I don't want anyone to think I'm not an avid fan because I waited two weeks to see it. First of all, I nearly had a nervous break down because this was the first one I wasn't going to at midnight or dressing up for. I decided to wait and build up even MORE anticipation for the grand event, but it took more self control than when I go to Yogurtland with a big cup.

Where the magic happens...

Moving on, IT WAS AMAZING. I definitely had my issues with the movie and it's accuracy to the book, but all in all very entertaining plus having it stray from the book made it a surprise as to what was going to happen next! The British Theatre experience is WAYYY cooler than American ones. Our seats were assigned, huge and plush. The trailers and ads before were half the fun, super silly but entertaining!

I love you Harryyyyy

Next up, we took their ridiculously easy Tube (Underground) to go see Big Ben, the London Eye, and wander around. We ended up in Trafaglar Square and Picadilly Circus (London's Times Square). SO FUN. We concluded the evening with a charming Italian dinner where I ACTUALLY ordered what I want in English!!

The London Eye. Apparently, it's a ferris wheel.
Anti-climatic.

Big Bizzen.

As we were walking around it started POURING. we're talking buckets. Luckily we were prepared with adorable umbrellas.

View from the bridge, I swear there was a cloud over us even though everywhere else was beautiful.


Rockin the phone booths

Tourism at its best.
Kyndal has her camera around her neck.

Just some strategically placed map reading...
I rock out with my...map...out.

Who knew speaking English could be so good?! We did end up using our French by accident, we always said "merci" and "sil vous plait". oops. probably because we're fluent in french now. HAHAHA.