London pt. 5

On Tuesday I caught the bus to Shepherds Bush where I met up with Lauren who was also in london for the week after spending a few weeks in Denmark with her host family. We did a bit of shopping and then had lunch at Jamie's Italian... (there was definitely a theme...;) After lunch we caught the bus to Buckingham Palace to meet up with her lovely mumma.

From there we explored London a bit more. We walked down The Mall under the Admiralty Arch to the bottom of Trafalgar Square. 

Then we walked across to the Horse Guards Parade where we made a guard laugh (life complete!) And down to Downing Street.

Then we walked back past Big Ben and across the River Thames on the Westminster Bridge (Catherine and I had walked across the Hungerford Bridge) where we got the creamiest ice cream ever. 

Lauren and her Muma decided to do the London Eye so we said goodbye and I made my way home (without getting lost!!) from the Waterloo Station. I thought I knew how to do it after Catherine and I had done it a few days earlier but when I went to get on I saw the gates which keep people off the tracks and I had never encountered them before so I knew I was on a different line but I was so determined to do it without asking anyone and without looking at a map and I did it haha.

[Excited to find Catherine's street after spending the entire day in London without her guidance haha]

I spent the rest of the afternoon packing my stuff up and then Catherine and I went to a pub close to her house for dinner and cocktails before heading to bed for an early night!

On Wednesday morning we headed to the airport so I could come home. Oh how we cried haha. It was an emotional morning. London has definitely won my heart and I can't wait till this chicky babe comes and visits me at New Years! Whooo!

[sign that Catherine was holding when I arrived that I somehow missed in my first post...:/] 

London pt. 4

Monday was our last full day together before Catherine had to go back to work :( Catherine had booked us in to get professional photos taken so we headed back to Piccadilly Circus to Studio 52 where we met the some of the lovely people and got treated like queens.

After having our photos taken we did a little bit of shopping and I bought myself a ring with my birthday money from Mark and Nat (thanks!!) and then we walked through Chinatown and Covent Garden

[Selfies in Leicester Square]

London pt. 3

On Sunday morning we went to bed haha (after arriving home at 5am) and slept before heading into Piccadilly Circus for the afternoon. We headed down to Trafalgar Square to have a looksie and walked into 'West End Live' which was a celebration of 10 years of West End (I think?? :/). We had a picnic lunch and people watched while enjoying some free music and entertainment!

[Closest we've been to home in the last six-ish months]

We then headed back up to Piccadilly Circus to the Lyric Theater to see Thriller Live and holy crap those people were talented. Oh how I wish I could dance.

[Obligatory fancy ice cream in the theater]

Before taking our tired selves home we popped into the Jamie Oliver diner for a healthy-ish post drinking body needs satisfying dinner.

[Bus stop built of Lego]