Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Platform 9 and 3/4


This past weekend Diane and I made our way to one of the greatest cities in the world, London! Diane’s cousin lives there and my aunt and uncle live there as well so we went to visit some family and enjoy being able to speak the language and not get stared at everywhere we go. We just went for a quick visit, Friday through Monday and it certainly wasn’t enough time to see everything in London, although you could easily spend a week there and not see everything. That was my 8th time to London and I continue to see and do different things every time I am there.  Friday morning we caught a bus at 7 am (after running to catch it haha) and went to Zaragoza where our flight was leaving. We ended up miscalculating the time and were the first ones at the airport, even before the workers! Luckily the cafeteria was open so we got some bocadillos and just hung out and waited for our flight. Diane’s cousin was nice enough to pick us up from the airport on Friday afternoon and we just hung out near him on Friday night. He lives in Milton Keynes, which is a bit outside of the city so it was a pretty low-key night. We had some beers (which were delicious) and some burgers (which were even more delicious)!
            Saturday morning we woke up early and caught a train down into London to meet up with my aunt and uncle. After we met up with them we walked along South Bank and went to Borough Market (heaven in market form), where we had some amazing chicken sandwiches and chocolate. Then we headed off on Adrian’s very own pub-crawl and headed to the Market Porter right by the market. After some delicious pints we headed to The George, where Charles Dickens and William Shakespeare (or Chuck and Bill as A refers to them haha) used to hang out and drink. The weather was unbelievable so we were able to sit outside and enjoy our beers! We walked down towards the Tower of London and then headed to Gordon’s Wine Bar, the oldest wine bar in London commissioned in 1364. It is one of the coolest spots (in my opinion) in London and the wine isn’t bad either haha. We enjoyed a bottle of vino and some chocolate once again sitting outside. After dinner we headed to the bars in Leicester Square, although most of them closed around midnight so it was an early night. Sunday we woke up and met back up at the Tower of London where we went inside. I have been inside the Tower before but it had been a while and I forgot just how cool and historical it is! And the royal jewels are amazing as well! After the Tower we took one of the double decker tour buses, which was a fabulous way to see the entire city in a very short time (2 hours to be exact). Sunday night, after some more beers in the city, we headed back to Milton Keynes where we grabbed dinner and headed to bed.
            Monday morning was an early morning, as we had to catch an early flight out of London. We left in plenty of time to catch our flight, but with traffic it took us almost 2 and a half hours to get to the airport, so by the time we got there we had to (once again) sprint to catch our flight haha, but luckily we made it! It was a fabulous visit, albeit too short and it was so wonderful to see A and E and Joy!
London Eye with Parliament and Big Ben

mmmmmBeer!

Tower Bridge

Having fun in the Tower of London

Yes of course we went to Platform 9 3/4!

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