London, Cheers!

5/19/09, 3:30 p.m.
The plane ride is finally over and now I am sitting in a train at the airport. This has been a really long day and I am looking forward to getting to Youth Hostel #8. Yes, that is the name of the hostel. Jonathan and I have come to the conclusion that is called #8, because it must be the 8th best hostel in London. For $9/night, I am sure we are probably wrong on our estimation. Either way it will be nice to finally have a place to put our stuff, before we go explore the city.

The highlight of the trip so far occurred about two hours into the flight. We noticed that beer, wine, and liquor were all free on the international flight. We gladly accepted a couple of Budweiser’s and went on to participate in a round of trivia that was provided to us through the airlane. About an hour after that I fell asleep. This was probably the most happy I have ever been about falling asleep, because I knew that it would help me out once we arrive in London the next day.

We are going to hit up the hostel for a little bit and then head down to Downtown London to check out the sites. Hopefully, I will have some better things to Blog about later.

5/20/09, 11:00 a.m.
We got to London around 4 p.m. and headed straight to the London Eye. I went on it last summer, but Jonathan had never been, so we had to go, which I was perfectly fine with. I was more than happy to do that, because the Eye is unreal and you can see pretty much see every part of London from its highest point.

From there we went over to Wesminster Abbey and checked that out. When we got to the square, there was a Rally going on for the end of some war in Somalia. That was pretty cool, but we did not feel very safe, we quickly left that and headed over to Trafalger Square. As far as square’s are concerned, this might be the best one I have ever visited. I even rode a lion when I was there, don’t worry mom it was not a real lion, it was made of bronze.

We hit up a couple of Pubs near the square and then went home via the train. There was not much happening in the hostel bar, so we called it a night and went to bed around11:30. I had about 4 hours of sleep in the past 36 hours, so it was definitly bedtime at that pont.

5/20/09, 6:24 p.m.
We just got back to the hostel after walking around London and seeing more sites. My legs feel like they are going to fall off! We went visited Hyde Park, which was incredible. It must be two times the size of Central Park and it is located right in the heart of London. From there we went and checked out the Tower Bridge, London Bridge, and walked around the financial district. On our way back to the Hostel we went and visited Wembley Stadium, which is where the English National Team plays.

I have eaten two baguettes today and I think I may have a third one for dinner. Jonathan has already realized that I think about food entirely too much. I may have a problem, but this trip will cure it, because food is really expensive here.

That is it for now, we are a flying to Madrid tomorrow morning at 7:30 a.m. I’m ready for some warm weather; it has been like 60 degrees and overcast the whole time we have been here.

As I'm writing this post there is loud technomusic playing in the hostel. Weird.

-Brendan