Haha so for those of you who aren't familiar with the reference in my post title, please click here for what is possibly the most clever harry potter parody I've ever come across: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXIgNnB_oq4
Anyways, thursday the 18th I went to LONDONTOWN! Hopped a plane after my afternoon class and met Nora at around 11:30 and headed back to her dorm at NYU London! She lives in a really nice area near a mall and all of the shwanky apartment buildings so it was super nice despite the fact that we had to walk through a creepy hedge lined passageway to get there....but whatevs haha Her room was also super nice, NYU sure does know how to do their study abroad accommodations! Because I got there so late, thursday night was kind of a wasted one, but after a good nights sleep we were ready and rarin' to go Friday morning!
We decided to start our day at Westminster Abbey which has to be one of the most beautiful places I've ever been. Not to mention that it's immediately across from Big Ben and Parliament which are also gorgeous and it was a beautiful sunny day...basically it was pretty perfect haha. We decided to ignore the fact that we're poor college students and paid the admission to go inside, which was the best 12 pounds I've ever spent. The architecture was fantastic and the amount of history contained in that one building alone was awe-inspiring. We saw the tombs of great kings and queens, of poets and musicians, of the unknown soldier, and many more. I'm pretty sure we spent about 2 and a half hours taking the tour and I don't regret a single minute of it. Truly, if you ever get to go, it is well worth a visit!
After a lovely visit to Westminster, we walked down to Trafalgar Square and grabbed a nice lunch on our way! Saw some Trinity people in Trafalgar which was super weird considering how large of a city it is, but it just goes to show you how small the world really is! After Trafalgar we went to Covent Gardens which is a really adorable shopping area that was all decorated for christmas. We went into this HUGE tea shop and I bought some delicious caramel tea to bring home with me :) We walked around being ridiculous for a little while and then shared a pasty (which are QUITE delicious if I do say so myself) before going to meet Em for our Jack the Ripper tour.
The Jack the Ripper tour was totally not what I expected but was super cool. I thought it would be like a haunted house type tour where people jumped out and scared you and whatnot but instead, our tour guide took us on a walk through the city showing us the spots where the infamous serial killer known as Jack the Ripper committed his atrocious murders. I know, it sounds super weird and creepy, but it was actually really interesting and pretty cool to do! I was also kind of scared because I'm a baby and it was at night and I'm easily scared...so that made it even more authentic haha. After that we went to check into our Hostel, which was alright although I'm pretty sure our roommates hated us because we woke them up at like midnight, but seriously, you're in London, what are you doing in bed so early? haha annnywayssss
Saturday was another packed day! We went first to the London Eye and went for a lovely ride on one of the largest Ferris Wheels I've ever seen! You get to see the entire city and can take fantastic birds-eye view fotos of all of the major London attractions which was really cool!
After a lovely ride, I got my SUPER geek on and went on a HARRY POTTER WALKING TOUR! It was kind of sad to realize that a lot of the landmarks used in the films aren't really commemorated as such (like the Leaky Cauldron which is now an optometrists office) but it was still really cool to see where everything was done! Plus our tour guide was super geeky and cute, so that added to the fun (sorry hon ;-) hehehe) I got my picture taken trying to get into platform 9 3/4 which has been my dream ever since reading the first book, so needless to say my inner nerd was satisfied :)
To round out the all HP weekend, we went to see the 7th movie that night!!!!!!!! We got to watch it in the theater where they hold the London Premire every year which was really awesome and I must say it was my favorite out of all of the movies they've made so far, despite the gripes I still have with it hahah
We got back to the hostel around 2 (again, our roommates hated us) and after 2 hours of sleep, I had to get up and run to the airport to catch an early flight back to BCN to meet the PADRES!!!!!!
Side note: London was one of the most amazing cities I've visited so far. I can definitely see why people study there and would love to do so myself someday! A great weekend with great friends, great food, and, of course, HARRY POTTER! yessssss
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