* It literally was a little bit of London considering we were only there for 24hrs.
So this weekend is my longest trip yet. My three friends and I decided to go to Iceland! I know it sounds really strange to you all but there is more to do then you think... If you go to this website you will see!
But what does Iceland have to do London you may ask? We decided to have a 24hr layover in London Gatwick before flying to Iceland. Mostly because it was cheaper... We thought we may be able to brave staying Thursday night in the airport but we failed miserably. After being in the airport for less then 3hrs we decided to get a cheap hotel near by. It only was about £15 each for the night between the four of us. Honestly though we thought it might be smarter if we were well rested to see the city the next day since we only had a limited time.
The Gatwick area actually turned out quite nice and the hotel was really cute it was like a little b&b and the owner was very helpful. Also the airport was one of the most officiant airports I've been too in a long time. We finally made into the city of London Friday morning after taking the tube in (aka their version of the Metro). It was a nice day out which was a plus. We ate at a place called Giraffe whose slogan was "Love, Eat, Live". I definitely recommend it, it was so funky and the food was really good too! I don't know why some people say England doesn't have good food! We then made our way to most of the tourist destinations... Big Ben, Westminster Abby, and the London Eye. It was pretty crowded. London is also actually quite big so if you plan to tour around the city give yourself more then a day. Me and my friend Lindsay tried to walk to the famous London Bridge but we then realized by the time we got there we would have to rush back because its easily an hour walk. Lastly on our short time in London we saw Buckingham Palace... No Queen sightings though or William & Kate haha. It was very pretty lit up at night. I would definitely come back here in a heart beat and hopefully will in the new future. London definitely deserves more then 24hrs time!
(walking towards Big Ben)
(Me and Lindsay in front of Buckingham Palace)
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