London Calling!!

Amsterdam was a blast! I was obsessed with our hotel guy... TIMO! But, he wasn't really friendly (the Dutch have no sense of humor, according to the Belgian man who gave us our train tickets), Meredith and I just really liked to bother Timo. We did tons of fun stuff that my mom already wrote about, but I thought I'd link this video that we made at the Heineken museum, it's pretty silly! You can view it HERE! Meredith and I especially loved our hotel, to Mom's dismay. We loved it for the same reason she hated it... smack dab in the center of the Red Light District!

However, now, Woo hoo! We're in London! It's so exciting being here, I can't even wrap my head around all the history. There are buildings from the year 1020... and to think that America's only been a country for 200 some years, sort of wimpy compared to the UK! We took one of those really cheesy double-decker bus tours today, but it was great to get a sense of everything around us. We were able to see Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace, and most importantly Harry Potter's (Daniel Radcliffe's) high school!!

I feel so dumb-sounding with my American accent. Brits all sound so proper and I just sound like a silly Yank. So far, everyone has been really nice and helpful, especially when we're lost... which is ALL THE TIME. London is massive!! Oh, and the shopping is fantastic! Mom and I went to the Portebello Market which is this huge flea market/antique shopping area in Notting Hill (yep, like the Hugh Grant movie). Tonight, we're going to try and go to Buckingham Palace to get a better view, since our tour bus wasn't allowed directly in front for security reasons.

The most irritating part about London is how expensive it is! Plus, the American dollar is basically worthless, a British pound is two American dollars. Just to put this into perspective, a Mocha at Starbucks is about three pounds... SIX American dollars!!!! Ahh!!! Not good for my Starbucks addiction, or for shopping.

Our hotel here is not quite as seedy as our hotel in Amsterdam, but it is a little strange. We're in the middle of St. Christopher's Place, a really great eating and shopping area. Unfortunately, the beds are very small and one "bed" is just a mattress on the ground. You can guess us three girls escalate into dramatics whenever we have to decide who is banished to the mattress... Oh, and no one actually is working in the hotel after 3'oclock, slightly weird!!

Okay, I'm going to get going now, but leave a comment if you want anything while we're in Europe! XOXO!