Heyyyy, it has been almost 3 months since I last posted something.. I know, shame on me but you know, I was kinda busy living my life and studying for my finals (I passed btw)
But that aside, about two months ago, I went to London with my school. I had such a great time there! I had never been to London before but I'm definitely going back! I even want to live there when I'm older.
We stayed there for 5 days and our hotel was the 'Rest up hotel' , it wasn't the best but we were barely in our room so that's not a big deal (:
Anyway, i'm gonna stop rambling because there are a lot of pictures so this is gonna be a long blogpost! I hope you enjoy this post as much as I enjoyed London!
DAY 1: Arriving, London Bridge & boat ride on the Thames
As always, I packed way too much but since we were travelling with the Eurostar, there was no weight limit, yay! Anyways, before I headed to the train station, my friend came over to pick one of my dresses since she needed one for the musical and then we both got on the bus to the train station. We got on the train to Brussels and then we headed for the Eurostar. We were on the Eurostar for about 2 hours and the main thing I did was sleep, what did you expect? When we arrived in London, we had to take the tube to our hotel and I felt so bad for the other people on the tube because they were totally stuck.
Once we arrived in the hotel we had a while to settle down before we headed to the city. The first thing we did was going to the Tower Bridge, as one does when in London. We also saw it open btw, we were all so happy I don't know why. Then we walked across the Tower Bridge to the place where the boats leave (I have no idea what that's called). The boat went across the Thames (obviously) and we saw the Big Ben, the London Eye, the gherkin, ... And we had the greatest guide ever so that was fun. After that we were free to go to dinner wherever we wanted and then we had to go to Trafalgar Square to get some info and wander around on Trafalgar. Then we walked trough Soho (the China town from London) and headed back to the hotel and get some sleep. The first night was quite horrible as our room was right near the street (we bought ear plugs the day after)
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| Just me drinking some water |
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| Look at us being cute in front of the Tower Bridge |
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| There you go, an open Tower Bridge |
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| On the boat, yay (that's the Big Ben btw) |
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| I'm so artistic |
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| Not gonna lie, I am quite proud of this picture |
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| Walking trough Soho (that's not me btw) |
DAY 2: St. Paul's, city game & evening walk trough the economic part of London
We had to wake up way too early because we had to be on time at breakfast (which was absolutely horrible but my friend took a jar of Nutella with her so everything was fine).
The first thing we did was visit St. Paul's and I have to say, I was impressed. But the stairs were driving me crazy, I almost fell like 3 times, that's how freaking dizzy I was. And after St. Paul's we had a city game, a whole afternoon but it was fun! There were all kinds of things we had to do or find, it was awesome. Then when that was over, we all had to gather and had a briefing. We went for dinner and then we went to the economic part of London and had an evening walk. Everybody was cold but that's okay we had a good time. After the walk, we went to our hotel and then straight to bed because we were all exhausted.
It was raining the whole freaking day. But you know, that's London I guess?
The day started with a good old walk trough political London and got some info about all the buildings and stuff, it was interesting. Then normally, we were going to see the change of guards at Buckingham Palace, but because it was raining too hard, it was cancelled. But that gave us more time to eat before we had to go to Madame Tussauds. And guess what? We had a cheeky Nando's , yuppp. Then we realized we still had some time left so we went to Harrods and bought teddy bears haha we are so grown up. When we were at Madame Tussauds we had to wait for what seemed like forever. But that was okay, we made the best of it. When we finally got in, I was surprised, the wax figures looked even more real than I thought they would, it was freaking me out. When we were waiting in line to get in Madame Tussauds we had the great idea to rush to Primark after because we didn't have any shoes to wear to the musical because we were prepared for good weather, not rain. So we quickly went trough Madame Tussauds and then went to Primark and then to the hotel to get ready for the musical. Everybody was looking fab.
Wanna know a funny story? When we were getting on the tube to get to the musical, I was walking right behind my friend and when she got on she yelled 'Cato, my shoe!' and I looked down but I couldn't see it. So she got of and we saw that her shoe had fallen on the rails. We didn't know what to do so we kinda just stood there in panick but the teachers told us there was nothing we could do so we got back on the tube. One of my other friends put another pair of shoes in her handbag because she didn't want to walk in the rain with heels so she gave the shoes she was wearing to the one that had lost her shoe and put on her heels. When we were walking to the musical (I was full of guilt) my friend suddenly calls my name and when I turn around, she is holding the shoe she had lost earlier on. Turns out, two teachers stayed behind and one of them got the shoe of the rails.
But anyways, the Commitments is a very good musical, I really enjoyed it (:
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| I wasn't happy about the rain |
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| At least I saw Buckingham Palace |
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| Highlight of the day, I look like a kid in a candy store |
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| Yup, Tinkerbel is in Madame Tussauds |
DAY 4: Science museum, free afternoon (aka shopping) and party boat
We could choose between 6 museums and I chose for the science museum, I don't have any pictures of it but it was a lot of fun (:
When we got out of the museum, we were free to do whatever we wanted so ofcourse, we went shopping. In Primark ofcourse. I bought a lot but I love every thing of it! And it is so cheap like what the hell, this was my first time in Primark (I know, should've gone sooner) and I was shocked. Then we headed to the hotel to get ready for the party boat. Yes you read that right, we had a party boat, guess my school is kinda cool after all. I had such a great time on that boat. I never would've thought I could party that hard without any alcohol (we couldn't drink alcohol since we're not 18 yet). Here's another fun story. Me and my friend requested a song but they weren't sure they were gonna play it. So I went to the to the toilet and suddenly my friend start banging on my door that I had to hurry up because they were playing our song. I never peed that fast in my life, ever. #tmi
We were all so tired when we got back to the hotel we just went straight to bed.
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| Everyone looks so weird in this picture |
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| cute |
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| Just me and my best friend being cute |
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| Haha I don't even know if you can see anything |
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| Beautiful bridge by night |
DAY 5: Camden town & going home
The last day was one of the best days. I absolutely love Camden! And on the food market, we bought the best wraps I have ever tasted! I just love everything about Camden, the markets, the unique shops, etc. Btw, we went to Starbucks there and they wrote my name as 'Katol' what the hell?
But then it was time to go to the hotel and get our suitcases and go back home.
But I guess the train ride was fun? My best friend and I were listening to music and we were singing along (without actually singing out loud) and it was hilarious.
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| I guess it was a love song |
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| We should be singers |
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| Oreo chocolate is the best |
So that's it, that was my trip to London. It was the first time I went there but I absolutely loved it and I am definetely going back! One thing I also liked a lot about London is the tube, I don't know why but I really enjoyed taking the tube. Anyways, London is a gorgeous city and I am in love with it!
Sorry if this was a long blogpost, believe me, it could've been a lot longer!
But I hope you enjoyed it and I will see you soon! (that's a promise, I'm not gonna wait another 3 months!)
xoxo,
Cato
P.S.: you may have noticed a change in my layout. I absolutely love it and my lovely boyfriend made it for me, he is the best!
