NOT ALL WHO WANDER ARE LOST...: London Adventure!

Two posts in a day! Whoa! Thursday night, me and Melissa went home to Essex/Southend with a friend of mine named Sian. We stayed with her family Thursday night and went into London on Friday. It was a whirlwind tour of the city, but so fun! I am so glad we went! We started out with the Tower of London and saw all the Crown Jewels, the towers where people were tortured, and the prisons where they were held. We then headed to Parliament, Big Ben, and the London Eye. We were so lucky to have gone on a weekday, as we didn't have to wait in line for anything. We walked right onto the London Eye, which was fun! Not as high up as the Eiffel Tower was, but still fun. I then got to go to Westminster Abby, which was incredible! Sir Isaac Newton, Darwin, and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier are all buried there, as well as many Kings and Queens such as Mary Queen of Scots. Awesomeness. Then we hopped on the Underground, and went to Buckingham Palace, and then found Abbey Road where I proceeded to stop traffic 7 times to get a decent picture walking across the darned crosswalk. This is no easy task at 3pm, as Abbey Road is quite busy and there is no place to stand. I finally got an ok one, after getting honked and laughed at numerous times by locals. We then went to Harrod's which was fun to see! Of course I had to buy some things there! Then we went to the underground Kingscross station to see the Harry Potter thing, and I got UBER excited to see the bridge they stood on with Hagrid and to push the cart into platform 9 3/4. We then went to meet Sian's brother and went to see the show Avenue Q. Oh how I love politically incorrect things. This was hilarious! I highly recommend you see it. We then got on the train back to Sian's house, where her mom had prepared us a proper English roast (YUM) and crashed. We got up the next day, and her mom had prepared us a proper English breakfast (could we be any luckier?!) Fried bread, bacon (its more like ham here instead of strips) toast, black pudding, and fried eggs. We went back to Swansea and then went to the Ospreys Rugby game where Ospreys (basically the Wales rugby team) dominated an Italian team, 68-8. Fun stuff! Here are pictures!

Me and an Ave. Q character