London laddy

So I skipped a week, forgot, and I do believe it was the weekend I went to Munich, but I will catch up with that story later. Here is for Spring break!

Kendal Reagan Madison Shawn Jake and I all went to London/Ireland this spring break and it was such a blast. We had a ton of time in London and yet still didn't get to see everything. The city of London is so great, it has an aura that is hard to describe but it's such an amazing city. The culture of the monarchy is constantly present and fascinating, and not to mention everyone speaks english.

The first night we took a night bus tour around town and saw all the big things and small things of the city, so beautiful, and a lot of money in that town. The next day we hit all the big musuems, Natural History, Science, V&A ( the V&A was so beautiful I had to go back another day ). Afterwards the girls went shopping while we explored Hyde Park and saved a table at the first ever Hard Rock Cafe, where we met a fantastic and friendly waiter. His name was Craig, and he was also an actor. He liked us so much he bought us a drink and then shared with us all of his favorite bars in London, 2 of which we actually went to thanks to him! One of the bars was a board game bar, where you go, pay a entrance fee, pick out a board game from the hundreds they have, and play a board game with all your lads! That was a fun time, we went Monday night. Another one was a speak-easy bar, where we went to a random restaurant and said a secret phrase, followed by the waitress taking us downstairs to a secret cocktail bar, all so freaking cool. Sunday we had a walking tour of a section of London ( entirely too big to walk in its whole ), and afterwards we went to the British museum and did an escape the room game, which we successfully completed within the hour time limit. Afterwards we went to Soho, a restaurant/bar district and enjoyed some traditional chinese food in London's Chinatown. The next day we split up and I went back to the V&A to see the beautiful art and artifacts they held there. It had an extensive collection of pretty much everything. After this we all met up at Camden Lock Market, which had a TON of delicious food stands from all over the world, and of course we ate a ton of delicious food there. This was probably my favorite part of the trip, eating all of this delicious food!!! I had a Venezuelan sandwich and a falafel wrap, along with snacking on other peoples food as well. Again the next day, before we went to see our show, The Book of Mormon, which was a great comedy bashing at America here and there, we went to another food market and enjoyed even more great food. So good, we went to the Tower of London to listen to the awesome and highly respected Yeomans and see the Crown Jewels.

 The next 3 days we were in Cork Ireland, and this trip was much more relaxed than London was. The first day was us walking around yet another market(I liked the markets) and napping for the afternoon before we went out to dinner and a pub. The pub was a great time, there was a singer and we requested some songs all night. The next day was Saint Patrick's Day, which surprisingly isn't very big in Cork. So we watched a parade and then went to Blarney castle, which was SUCH a beautiful place. The park was so green and big, perfect for exploring and picture taking, and we kissed the Blarney stone so we now have the gift of eloquence;) That was another of my favorite moments, being outside in the beautiful weather just exploring with great friends. The next day was a slow morning, and we decided to go to Ballycotton to see the cliffs, but getting into our taxi, the driver convinced us to go elsewhere to Kinsale, and he drove us there! He dropped us off at Charles Fort, an old medieval fort right on the water/cliffs and we had a picnic/frisbee session here. That was such a great time!!! It was a giant jungle gym for me, and what a blast it was to throw the frisbee a little bit. The next day we went back to London, back to Borough Market for more food, and then saw yet another play, Wicked that night. AN AMAZING SHOW BY THE WAY YOU SHOULD GO SEE IT! That night was relaxed, as was the next day when we slept in and headed home in our 3 hour delayed flight.

This trip was so fun, and I jumbled up the days a little bit and explained through everything so quickly, but it really was such a great time. However it was exhausting. It caused me to miss my family more and more. I wished they could be here to travel with me and still do. I'm realizing I'm getting more and more tired, and have been cautiously taking measures to relax while having tons of school to do. However I am enjoying this traveling, and still hoping I am taking it all in as much as I can.