Really London?

London was one of the best weekends and worst that I have had here so far. Friday night, my friend Scott and I headed to the Munich airport for a packed weekend of sights. Everything went ok in Germany, but once we landed in the UK things started to get a little hectic. Customs went well and we made it through ok. After walking to the train station, we realized that the only train to and from Gatwick airport (southern airport of London) was almost 20 pounds each! We bought two tickets and took the 30min train ride into the city. While on the train, an older Italian couple sat next to me and I was so excited to talk to them...sure they spoke Italian and I spoke Spanish, but we could understand each other enough to carry on a small conversation.

The underground was to be our savior once arriving at Victoria station. Sadly enough, we found out that the lines we were to take to our hostel happened to be under construction for that weekend. We decided to try and get as close to our hostel as possible on other lines, so we bought tickets and hurried downstairs, only to see the last train pull away as we ran up. After being defeated, we went upstairs and took a taxi to the hostel. It wasn't too far, but it was fun to see some of the sites at night.

The next morning we woke up early and went to see everything. We saw Westminster, Hyde Park, Marble Arch, Two Towers Bridge, Big Ben, Parliament, Buckingham Palace, Tower of London, London Eye, and many more interesting sights. The whole day was packed with the underground and buses. Westminster was by far my favorite place to visit. We paid the extra money to go in and look around. It was so beautiful and had a lot of history in it. I was able to see the graves of the Queens and famous poets. The next day, we went to see St. Paul's cathedral, the Globe theatre, and the British Museum. While at the museum we were able to see the Rosetta Stone and also Cleopatra's mummy. I wish we could have stayed longer, but we had a plane to catch...so Scott and I headed to a restaurant to have fish n' chips and then leave.

Sadly, we underestimated the amount of time it would take the buses to get to the train station and we were 5mins late to catch the train to the airport. We took the next one and ran to checkin, only to find out that we were 10mins late for checkin and they wouldn't let us through even though the plane wasn't leaving for another 30mins. Scott and I were forced to purchase another ticket for the next day and to sleep in the airport for the night. The next morning, Scott and I were able to get back to Munich and were almost 5hrs late for work. Overall, it was a great weekend, but the travels were harder than any other trip. Thank you London!