Chica In Chile: October 2011

London is the most wonderful place in the whole world. About two weeks ago a couple of girls I met at church and I decided we were going to London. Their names are Anni and Erica. Together we were going to go on a grand adventure. So we booked us a Hostel and got some plane tickets and off we went. We arrived in London around 2 AM and then took a bus from the Airport to Central London. From there we got a taxi (my first official taxi ride, it was everything I had ever dreamed haha) to our hostel. Our Hostel was pretty ghetto but super cheap! The next day we woke up and we went to the Churchill war museum and it was really really interesting. I went into the building that Churchill was hiding out in and they would all work, I saw the chair he sat in, his room, all the map rooms and secret phone rooms. I love to learn about WW2 and that was really cool. Then I saw all the Houses of Parliament, Big Ben, Westminster Abbey (where all the kings and queens get corinated and married and burried), Tower of London, Tower Bridge, London Bridge (yes they are different), Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle (where the queen lives), Kensington palace (where Dianna lived), and then I went to a department store called Harrods .Its like a department store for rich people. it was INCREDIBLE. I could never buy anything there unless i had money for stuff like GUCCI haha. After talking to a few native Londeners we found out about a Sunday Market on Brick Lane. It seriously is hipster market. I loved it hehe. I also went to church to the YSA ward it was super super fun. I met lots of kids who were on the BYU study abroad program there. I've been thinking about it and I think that will be my next big adventure. Ali in London.. Sounds good huh? :) London has many amazing museums and it would be incredible if we could have seen it all. Anni, Erica and I went to the Natural History Museum, the V&A Museum, Tate Modern, National British Museum, and The National British Library. I cannot even tell you how incredible everything was. I saw an abundance of amazing art work, the Rosetta Stone, Mummies, the Magna Carta, the Crown Jewls, original Beatles lyrics, Leonardo da Vinci's original artwork, Handels Messiah he hand wrote, and many other incredible things. While in London we discovered a store called Primark.. I spent a small fortune there. Its only in certain countries in Europe and it is phenomenal. Its like a Europe Forever 21. In order to really know and get the whole effect that we where in London we went to Kings Cross station to Platforms 9 and 10 to test if we could go to Hogwarts. But it turned out to be kind of a let down haha.. We went all the way to platforms 9 and 10 and I was so confused because there was not even a brick wall between them and the guard looked at me and was all are you looking for Harry Potter and I said yes. Then he told me to go out to platform one. So we go to platform one and outside there is this weenie brick wall with a sign that says platform 9 3/4 haha. Nevertheless it was super cool. To top off our adventure we went and saw Wicked. It was INCREDIBLE. ABSOLUTLEY AMAZING. I seriously cried. Only a little. It was an amazing experience. I'm so happy for Anni and Erica they are wonderful friends and this is something I will never forget. I love you London.