LONDON its all about LONDON.

I should be going in CHRONOLOGICAL order with the events that have happened in my life. But I couldn’t wait to write about LONDON any longer! In May of 2009 My SENIOR class went on our senior trip to LONDON! That’s riiight, London ENGLAND! From the minute I landed in the magnificent city of LONDON, I knew… I knew I was quickly going to fall in love! And sure enough, I was completely & UTTERLY in love!! From the ADORABLE London boys [lets not forget the way they dress] to the totally crowded but yet completely enjoyable tube stations, to the delicious variety of foods [and drinks] It’s true…the drinking age is 18 there, and that was a definite plus as well! We stayed in a 5 star hotel, with excellent continental breakfast. ALTHOUGH I did see the strangest little Asian man slurp a half-cooked fried egg one morning at breakfast & COULDN’T control my laughter! On a side note...EVERY morning we had to have a wake up call- which consisted of someone at the front desk calling the phone in our rooms at the appropriate time. WELL, the very last morning we had to wake up extra early… its 4:45 am and we hear a KNOCK on the door to our bedroom... yes a knock! My roommate quietly said “come in!” but apparently they did not hear. So a few minute later [we are dead asleep] and we hear the door open…creepy, at the least bit! There HE is… the OWNER of the Hotel [little Asian man] as he walked closer to us, his voice gets louder & more CLEAR… “THIS is your wake up call… THIS is your wake up call!” After 4 or 5 times of him saying this…my roommate FINALLY replies with, “OKAY!! Thank you. BYE!” We are still to this day convinced that if she hadn’t replied when she did, he would have crawled in bed with us still saying “THIS is your wake up call!” over and over again. As CREEPY as it was, we got a good laugh out of it for pretty much the whole flight home.

ENOUGH with the funny stories and on with the amazing adventures! We went everywhere including West Minister. The Tower of LONDON. Ely Castle. CAMBRIDGE [most lovely place I have EVER been]. St. Paul’s Cathedral. The LONDON eye [in which in did ride…yippie!] and much much more! During this trip I learned a lot about the culture AND a lot about myself.

[AND here are some pictures that I TOOK on the trip...]

I know what you're thinking...ALL of the true natives in LONDON absolutely despise the London EYE. But like any good AMERICAN would...i took that baby for a little ride. IT took a little over 30 minutes to go all the way around. BUT the view was unlike anything i have and probably WILL ever see!

THIS picture was taken at the most amazing
place i have EVER been... right by the ELY Castle. i am completely obsessed with how green the grass was & HOW beautiful the flowers were. [the closest to in love i have ever been].

One day we were there, the Premiere of Night at the Museum 2 was going on... in which we were able to get pretty close to Ben Stiller.

WAGAMAMA--a real RAMEN noodle bar! I got the CHILE chicken ramen! SO spicy I felt like FIRE was coming out of my ears but it was absolutely delightful in EVERY way.

The AMAZING view from the TOP of St. Paul's Cathedral.--The CLIMB was awful but well worth it in the end!

OVERALL the trip was amazing & I got to see some of the MOST amazing sights I have ever seen. I found a love and BURNING passion for traveling. I hope to travel much MORE from now on.

THAT'S ALL FOR NOW...