[great weather for some outdoor-writing, lol]
My vacation is in full swing! 20 more days with my sister and 20 more days left for me to learn German! Ja, das ist nicht gut! I'm usually good with languages but with this particular one I'm not in a good relationship. But since German is the only subject I almost failed in, I have no other choice but to learn it.
Anyways, as promised, in this post I'll tell about my trip.
Me and my sister hadn't been anywhere for quite a while. well... she lives in Germany so technically - I hadn't been anywhere. So we decided to go on a trip together. Since we didn't have enormous amount of money and time, we decided to go to London. And since I have the natural talent of being awesome, I had to plan the trip. It wasn't that hard, to be honest. We didn't have to worry about our accommodation, since I have friends who live close to London. We simply crashed at their place. But I wanted to see something outside London as well, so I had to do some research. And with a little help from my sister, the trip was fully planned! May 23rd - May 29th - London! (Probably wasn't the wisest decision to plan a trip for the last week of university (In Latvia schools end on May 31st and in June is the exam session) Before I left I had to take 4 tests in one day and arrange everything so I wouldn't have any debts).
May 23rd. Our plane lands in London at exactly 12:25pm and the excitement begins... Only it didn't last very long as we had to stand in a line at the "border" for one and a half hour! And after the nice lady got to see that my face matches my passport picture (only I don't look beat up in real life as I do in it) we got our bags and finally met our friends who had been waiting on the other side for this whole time! Anyway, we decided not to do anything the first day. Since me and my sister were kinda tired from the flight and I hadn't seen my friends for a while, we just stayed home and had some delicious cherry whiskey and spent the whole day and night chatting and laughing.
May 24th, which was a Saturday, we spent in London. Went to see all the typical tourist places and objects, experienced the famous London weather. As in - chilling with our sunglasses on one minute, soaked wet in rain the next. But we were all in good spirits, excited and didn't mind the weather at all. We even got to see the Bupa Westminster mile (world's biggest one-mile running event - according to google) and got home at about 10pm. It was a day well spent. And my legs could approve that statement, as they were hurting like hell from walking all day long. Honestly - the only moments we sat down were in the underground and the train back home.
May 25th was probably my favorite. Since we wanted to see something outside London as well, I booked a one-day tour for me and my sister. It started at 8:30 am. The thing I really like about London and probably UK in general - it is really easy to find everything. And the underground is the easiest thing to use ever! So we got to the meeting place early, chatted with some nice police officers, according to whom I was in trouble since it was illegal to smile at that place. Oops!
[ Me and my sister before the tour ]
The tour consisted of 3 stops
*Windsor
*Bath
*Stonehenge
We didn't have much time to explore everything in all those places. But we did get to see the huge and beautiful Windsor Castle. I don't think a week would be enough to walk through and around it!
The next stop was Bath. It is so cute!!!
[This was delicious!]
The last stop was Stonehenge. And honestly - I was totally disappointed. Not as much about the fact that there's nothing really to see as about the entrance fee! This might be nothing for many of you, but for me... if I have to pay 25 £ to walk around a circle of stones... No thank you. That's half of my plane ticket. So we decided to simply walk from the parking lot up to Stonehenge (about 1.6 miles) and of course if you don't pay, you cannot go really close to it. But from what I saw, it was enough for me.
We got back to London at around 7pm. The tour was actually awesome. We both loved it. And our tour guide was a hilarious and wise man. After the tour we went straight to the train station to head home. At least we hoped for it... London, however, had other plans for us. All the trains got cancelled for some unknown reason so we spent 3 hours waiting for them to start working again. Funzies...Not really. We got home around midnight. Starving, tired and quite angry. But the day itself was quite amazing :)
That's enough for this post.
Take care everybody!
-B-
It sounds wunderbar!!
ReplyDeleteDanke :)
DeleteI want to go to England. I'm desperate to go. If I ever get there, I think I'll skip Stonehenge. The Hurricane was in Germany recently. Then she went to Italy, Slovenia, and Switzerland. She had a very good time. She enjoys Germany, though she doesn't speak German. She speaks French.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Janie
I love Germany! It's probably my favorite country... I hope you get to go to London soon! It is quite interesting and unique in a way :) And honestly, I don't think you'd miss much by skipping Stonehenge!
DeleteLooks like Germany is treating you well.
ReplyDeleteIt sure is! :) More than well, actually !
DeleteI'm a little envious. Rick, I just started following. Loved the photos.
ReplyDeleteThank you for following, Rick :) And don't be envious. I'm sure you've been to far more interesting and beautiful places and I'd love to hear stories! :)
DeleteWow, looks and sounds like an awesome time is being had. So much to see and so much to do, 20 more days will sure fly by for you.
ReplyDeleteHi Baiba, How fun to get a comment from you on my blog. I must add you to my reading list, it is so messed up right now. I agree totally about German. I still have all those prepositions hammered into my brain. I lived in London for two years back in the early 1960s. It was a great place then and it sounds like you guys had a fun time now. Take care.
ReplyDeleteDear Baiba, I'm so glad you have enjoyed London and your sightseeing tour to three other places outside of London. Way back in 1976, I took the bus to Stonehenge. At that time there was no entrance fee and a tourist could go right up to the stones and touch them. I loved it and I'm sorry that the cost now is prohibitive. Doesn't seem right! Peace.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed your pictures so much. I hope to visit Germany one day. It's on my bucket list. I was born there. My parents were stationed there while my dad served in the Army. I was too young to remember anything, but hope to visit there one day soon. Thank you for sharing your travels. Glad you're enjoying your time with your sister.
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