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After our plane from Germany landed in England we decided to
explore London for the next few days and because of this we ended up in the
coolest hotel in history. Now when I say cool I don’t mean my interpretation of
cool (which is basically anything The Doctor thinks is). No, I mean the media’s
perception of the word. Just a imagine a place where a mass of disco balls are
hanging in groups from the ceiling and neon lights line the walls and furniture,
a place where the cool, rich twenty year olds go for a weekend excursion. That
was the place we had happened to check into. It looked like I place I would go
to with a boyfriend in two years or so, but not a place I would go to with my
mom.
As we stayed in the this incredibly cool room we joked about
how we were no where near cool enough for this place and wondered how we
managed to book a room there. A mystery neither of us has yet to figure out. Thankfully
that was the only place we felt out of and we enjoyed the rest of London
immensely.
For our first full day of exploring we walked around Lester Square
and visited the National Gallery where I saw the painting of Portrait of Louis-Auguste Schwiter (which I talked about in an earlier post).
Then that evening we went to the West End to see the play 39 Steps, a comedic
take off of the very famous book and Hitchcock film. Since I am already a fan
of the story I found the show to be quite hilarious and very enjoyable. I have
gladly added it to my list of favorites.
The next day we went to visit 221 B Bakers Street, where we
explored Sherlock Holmes house. There, I invested in a deerstalker hat and
decided I will one day own the entire Sherlock Holmes ensemble. After my mom
and I tried shopping again and then went on a nice stroll through many of
London’s grand parks.
All and all I would say it was quite a pleasant trip down to
London where I discovered that I am very good at working public transportation
and figuring out where things are.
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Glad to see you're enjoying London and blogging too, good multitasking! Did you go clubbing in Leicester Square at all? I don't live all that far from there. Did you visit any of London's libraries?
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