Day #4

Day 4:

Today we had to get up early in order to make it down to CAPA to see the panoramic tour of London. It lasted about 3 hours and we got to see all the main attractions in London like Buckingham Palace and Big Ben. Speaking of Big Ben, I also (like a Pittsburgh dork) brought along my terrible towel to take pictures with at famous landmarks, which is why this blog is called what it is. The tour was pretty cool and our tour guide gave us a bunch of advice on things to do, which was kind of hard to remember. After the tour we headed back to the flat. I made dinner for the first time, pasta and fried veggies. Then we left for the night to go down to the Picadilly Circus/Leicester Square (which is like NYC’s Times Square) to check out the club/bar scene down there since we heard so much about it. It was a lot of fun down there but it was also pricey, and the transportation home was not fun either. The first club we went to was a club called Grace, where we were able to get in for free with these flyers. My first club experience was pretty fun, but it made me feel like I was at a high school dance because it was so hot! The best part was having somewhat of a dance-off with these other group of Brits which was really funny. The second club we went to was the Picadilly Institute which was crazy! It was huge and consisted of 3 levels, and about 10 or so large rooms, all themed differently! My 2 favorite rooms were the Chamber (which was like a science lab room where we got labcoats and goggles after ordering our drinks) and the music/record style room because it had a lit up square dance floor. That place was really fun, but then we had to make our way all the way back to Ealing, the suburbs of Central London which was very far and could only be taken by night bus since the tubes close at midnight. We didn’t get home until 4am. It was also freezing! Needless to say, we finally got to bed at 5am while the birds were singing and the sun was rising. Woof.

Awkward situation of the day for me and Allison: when a girl traveling to go out with us on the tube tells us at the stop right before the one we have to get off at, that she has to get off and go to the bathroom because she could not do it. It was awkward because we didn’t want to have to interrupt our route! Especially since we were only one stop away!

Still a successful day.