"You sound like you're from London"

London!

On my way to Dublin, I realized it would be cheaper to fly Paris->London-> than just straight to Dublin. Plus I had an extra day which I decided to spend the day in my new favorite city!

Minus staying in the worst hostel imaginable (their slogan was "if you like beer, you belong here" if that gives you any sense of the feel of the place...), I absolutely LOVED this city!

After I got in, I went right over to the Wellington Arch and did one of the NewEurope tours

(the same company as the Paris one from my last entry) and it was great. On the tour, we saw Green Park, Buckingham Palace, two other palaces (I can't remember their names...), the street where the prime minister lives, St. James Park, the Parliament, Big Ben, and Westminster Abbey, among others. It was perfect because with such a short amount of time there, I was still able to see a bunch of the highlights of the city!

After the tour ended, I wandered on my own over to the Tower of London and the Tower Bridge. Both were gorgeous and that's when I decided I'm moving to London!

Straight from there, I met Madeline at her metro stop, Chalk Farm station, which is in a lovely little neighborhood and only a few blocks from where she lives. After catching up for a bit in her room, we visited two other parks, then wandered around a bit (we saw Sylvia Plath's London home, which was neat, and also in the middle of this beautiful square of houses) and had dinner in a restaurant on a little shopping street (I'm a little bit in love with this city...). After dinner we went out with her friends for gelati and then it was time for me to get to sleep, since I had a very early bus to catch.