Rough Start

Alright kids, the blog is back. You know what that means! I'm on another trip, and this one started in London. The people I'm staying with weren't able to meet me until 6 pm, and my flight landed at 7:30 am... I decided to go on a tour to Bath, Windsor Castle, and Stonehenge. Those three places would take up the day, and would allow me to leave my bag on the bus at each stop. Well... We all know what happens to the best laid plans, right? We can all thank Delta airlines for messing everything up! Not only did the flight leave over 45 minutes late, but we actually arrived an hour and a half late! My tour was supposed to leave at 8:30 and I wasn't even off the plane at that time. I'm the type of person that usually just shrugs these things off, but this really put a dent in my day! I ended up having to lug my bag around for 9 hours, all over London.

I took the tourist route and bought a ticket to the hop on/ hop off bus. I saw every major attraction (from the outside at least) all in one day. I might get kicked for saying this, but London just isn't my style. I'm an outdoorsy, mountain region, type of person... Roaming around in a city full of well dressed people while trying to admire historical monuments just didn't cut it for me. Don't get me wrong, London is really cool... but I feel satisfied with what I saw in one day, whereas a lot of people talk about how they need to go back because a week just wasn't enough. Sorry London fans :(

I saw the London Eye, Big Ben, the Parliament building, some really neat/(why???) monument type art, and many different memorials honoring those who have fallen in the wars of the past (they even have a 9/11 memorial).

Around 3 pm I finally gave up. I was falling asleep on the bus, but was too exhausted to walk around with my luggage. I saw a ton of people sleeping on the grass in Green Park so I decided to give it a try! I used my book bag as a pillow, and just passed out. No bugs messed with me, no mosquitoes... Although, some pigeons did get a little curious at one point.

I only brought my tablet this time, and it is a little weird to write blog posts on... Forgive me!