London - Days 2 and 3
On Friday, June 9th, my second day in London, I took the tube from my hostel to the Natural History Museum. It was so cool that I stayed there until they kicked me out and still didn't get to see it all. Then I walked to Hyde Park where Kensington Palace and Gardens are. After eating my dinner in Hyde Park I took the tube back to my hostel. I was tired from the day and the jet lag so I fell asleep fairly early that night (although the music from the bar below my room made that difficult).
On Saturday I got an earlier start having cleared all the jet lag out of my system. I decided to walk everywhere on Saturday and not take the tube. First I did my usual tour along the South Bank to the London Eye. Just across the Thames from the London Eye, which I failed to notice on the first day when I was there, was Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament. "Look kids, Big Ben, Parliment". So I walked by those and then by Westmister Abbey. Although all the museums and lot of stuff are free, these big sights aren't and I didn't want to pay $20 to look inside a church, so I passed on anything that required an entrance fee.
Then I walked through St. James Park where there was some big ceremony with lots of people in funny hats and horses prancing around. I later learned this was the changing of the guards! It was quite the ordeal, I thought, to be doing every day! Then I walked by Buckingham Palace, which is pretty impressive looking, and then through Green Park.
I decided to go back to the Natural History Museum and finish seeing it since I enjoyed it so much the day before. I'm glad I did. After I was done there, I walked through Hyde Park again going a different way (its a huge park). I stumbled across the Princess Di Memorial fountain where there were lots and lots of people sun bathing and playing the fountain (its almost like a small water slide or something). That was pretty neat. Then I walked all the way back to my hostel, grabbing dinner from a small grocery store along the way (to make up for my pricey lunch). Then I spent about 4 hours in the hot tub at the hostel last night talking to folks before going to sleep. The hot tub is on the roof and is a pretty cool spot to hang out.
All the parks where packed with people yesterday. It was pretty amazing because there are so many big parks in London!
The hostel I'm staying in, St. Christopher's Village near London Bridge, is pretty nice, but I think its probably over priced. Its fairly clean but could use some work. Its a party hostel too which I'm not really into any more.
For my final day in London I'm not quite sure what I'll see, but I'd better get started.
On Saturday I got an earlier start having cleared all the jet lag out of my system. I decided to walk everywhere on Saturday and not take the tube. First I did my usual tour along the South Bank to the London Eye. Just across the Thames from the London Eye, which I failed to notice on the first day when I was there, was Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament. "Look kids, Big Ben, Parliment". So I walked by those and then by Westmister Abbey. Although all the museums and lot of stuff are free, these big sights aren't and I didn't want to pay $20 to look inside a church, so I passed on anything that required an entrance fee.
Then I walked through St. James Park where there was some big ceremony with lots of people in funny hats and horses prancing around. I later learned this was the changing of the guards! It was quite the ordeal, I thought, to be doing every day! Then I walked by Buckingham Palace, which is pretty impressive looking, and then through Green Park.
I decided to go back to the Natural History Museum and finish seeing it since I enjoyed it so much the day before. I'm glad I did. After I was done there, I walked through Hyde Park again going a different way (its a huge park). I stumbled across the Princess Di Memorial fountain where there were lots and lots of people sun bathing and playing the fountain (its almost like a small water slide or something). That was pretty neat. Then I walked all the way back to my hostel, grabbing dinner from a small grocery store along the way (to make up for my pricey lunch). Then I spent about 4 hours in the hot tub at the hostel last night talking to folks before going to sleep. The hot tub is on the roof and is a pretty cool spot to hang out.
All the parks where packed with people yesterday. It was pretty amazing because there are so many big parks in London!
The hostel I'm staying in, St. Christopher's Village near London Bridge, is pretty nice, but I think its probably over priced. Its fairly clean but could use some work. Its a party hostel too which I'm not really into any more.
For my final day in London I'm not quite sure what I'll see, but I'd better get started.
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