so this past weekend i got to visit my love jessica in london! let me preface this with i did not think i was goign to make it there. london was one of the last trips i booked and i already thought i blew through my travel budget when i booked this. but i am sooo happy i got to go.
my plane left at 10 in the morning so to get there on time i had to wake up at like 6, it was a very long morning, but hours later i finally met up with j. we went back to her place, which is much more modern and larger than mine here in rome is, and we went to get some fish and chips. becuase this was my second time to london i had already experienced fish and chips, but i forgot how huuge a piece of fish they give you! but anways we got fish, and starbucks before that( a carmel macchiato..mmmmm) then we walked around regents park which is right near her apt. regents park is so pretty and manicured its crazy. it is also here that jess told me of how proper dogs walk, and its true! dogs prance in england, they dont walk like everywhere else. so after walking around regents park we decide to meet up with some people, that i know! and taht jess has made friends wtih at this int'l student bar. it was there that i had my first legal cider, becuase last time i was in england i was only 17! it was yummy, but little to my knowledge there is a yummier drink. its called a snakbite, and although my dad told me a traditional snack bite is a lil differ, ours was half cider half beer wiht some current juice in it. its soo yummy. like englands version of a fruity girl drink. after having a couple of drinks and singing karoeke, we head back to her place.
the next morning jen(who stayed the first night with us) jess and i got up and started to explore around london! first we went to the starbucks 2 seconds away from her apt, then got some yummy rolls at her local food store(which is one thing i miss here in rome, ours are not at all liek the ones at home, and far away from me...i want to go back to london for one) so we take the tube into the touristy part of town, go to where we can get student discount tickets and we happen upon jersey boys and get cheap tickets for a box for that night! after we thought perfect time for lunch! so we head over to chipotle!!!!!! it was soooo good, expensive but worht it! o before chipotle we went to convent gardens where i found the wine bar that my family and i ate dinner in our first night in london, it tugged at my heart string a bit, knowing that i was back there two year later. anyways so after chipotle we go to the book store which is the book store of the book store and music store that diagon alley is in between( accodring to a harry potter fan, i didnt know this) and go in and and look around. after we take the tube to go see the peter pan statue! i love the peter pan statue, it just makes me smile.
so we walk through the park, and get to the big ben, parliament and th elondon eye. since we stayed like two seconds away from the london eye when i came with my fam, of course i find the hotel, and take pics with it. but there was a starbucks nere there, so we went in for starbucks round 2! after starbucks replenishes our engery we decide to go to kingscross and go to platform 9 3/4!!! it was cool to see it, even though it wasnt technically inbetween platforms 9 and 10, it was in the main corridor that it is in the movie.
so after the platform we decide to head back to the picadilly area to get some pub food before teh show. we get meat pies( i got a steak and ale pie, yummy) and we all get my dads favorite beer, bombhader(or somethign like that). it was once again a delicious meal. soo yummy :) we finish dinenr just in time and head to the theatre. our friend jared, who was also in from rome visiting friends happens to be the box across from us in the theatre, which was funny. so we watch jersey boys. i come from italy, to london to watch a show about people who live in jersey, who are of italian decent. makes me laugh, not seeing a british play, but w/e it was really good. and one of the lead guys looked like charlie sheen, which made it a lil better too lol.
so after the show jen goes to her cousins and jess and i go out with her rooamtes to a a locla pub had some drinks and went home, for an early night
saturday jess and i just wandered around london, took it easy, since we did all of the touristy things the day before jess and i decide to go to afternoon tea. tea was so much fun. we had finger sandwiches, scones and yummy desserts, all on the that cute little silver stacker thing. and not to mention the tea, best tea ive had. i had spring time tea, which was fruity and yummy. after tea we went to harrods and window shopped then went to this store top shop, which i wish was my cousin, but we did not buy anything(everything was so expensive)
after harrods we went to brick street to meet up with jess's roommate for indian food! it was yummy, a little expensive like all of london, but i really enjoyed the variety. we then went down the street a little to get some bagels! or should i say beigels( or something weird like that) after beigels were bought we went to this dance club with all of her roomates. i was exhausted but it was still fun to go out in london.
we get back, and decide to go to church the next day. however, church is a day club. people dress up all crazy and drink from noon-4. it was a blast. we did crazy kesha-esk eye make up dress in greeen for st pattys day and go to church. we were exhausted afterward and had hw to do, so we just stayed in took a nap and did hw.
jen came back and we took the 3 am shuttle to our 6 am flight. got back to rome, and i went straight to class. had midterms a paper due, and here we are, the day i leave for spring break to prague, berlin, amsterdam and paris! still need to pack. but im about to go do that!
ciao rome, for now
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