London-Saturday & Sunday

Saturday morning Hannah, Meghan, our friend Michael, and I took the Tube to St. Paul's Cathedral.  This is the cathedral where Prince Charles and Princess Diana got married.

We are pretty tiny in this picture but here is Meghan, Hannah, and I on the steps.  Just outside this cathedral was the very large Occupy London movement.

From there we walked across the Millenium Bridge.  You can see the Tower Bridge in the background.

Right across the river was Shakespeare's Globe Theatre.  This is the famous theatre that has hosted his plays since the 1600's.  The actual theatre has been burned down a few times and this most recent replica is the only structure in the city of London that's allowed to bypass city code and have a thatched roof.

From there we made our way to Chipotle, yes Chipotle, for a much needed burrito bowl, chips, and guacamole.  It was so delicious and tasted just like home!  We then went to Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum.  When we went into Madame Tussaud's we figured it was just a wax museum and we were so wrong.  We first walked through rooms of wax figures of celebrities, athletes, and political figures.  We found it very uncomfortable and odd that they had figures of Hitler, Fidel Castro, and Saddam Hussein.  After that we were led into a haunted house, taken on an amusement ride which taught us the history of London, and watched a 4D movie about super heros.

Saturday night we met up with some British locals that Hannah had met earlier in her program.  We went to a pub in a part of town called Shortditch.  This was a neighborhood where most of the locals hang out and there weren't very many tourists which was very cool!

In London on Sunday's there are a ton of markets.  Hannah brought Meghan, Michael, and I to the Portobello Road market in the neighborhood of Notting Hill.  This market was huge!! There was everything you could think of: jewelry, leather goods, china, sweaters, crepes, toys, wooden figures, produce, etc.  Although the shopping was tempting I luckily only walked out of there with a scarf and an order of fish and chips in my stomach.

On our way back to the Tube we stopped at Hummingbird Cupcakes, supposedly the best cupcakes in London.  This carrot cake cupcake definitely lived up to it's title!

I'll finish the rest of my London trip in tomorrows blog post.  I'm off to bed.  I'm still trying to catch up on sleep from this trip.  Happy Valentine's Day to you all!