I cannot believe that we've already reached the point when it's necessary to create our last minute London bucket lists, but spring has arrived and in less than two weeks we'll have to say goodbye to London and return to reality. London has not only taught me many things about a country completely foreign to me, but also about myself. I am sad to see this semester coming to an end, but am living in the moment and spending all of my last days doing something that I haven't experienced yet or have grown to love.
The first things on my list are those that I have yet to experience here in London. I'm ashamed to say that I have yet to take a corny picture inside a phone booth or take the infamous stroll across Abbey Road. These touristy shots are a bit embarassing, and maybe even hazardous in the case of Abbey Road, but I know I can't leave London without them.
Having missed our trip to Oxford, a day trip is in the making for this coming weekend. Another thing that I am anticipating for this coming week is lunch in the beautiful Hyde Park and a trip on the park's newest addition: a ferris wheel without the rediculous prices of the London Eye! While this new ferris wheel is a little less classy than the posh glass bubbles, it will give me the birds-eye view of London that I've been yearning for.
One thing that I'm really going to miss when I return to the states are the London markets. Our study abroad program has really made the rounds on the markets, but I still have two that I have to visit: The Burrough Market and The Flower Market. These visits will be packed into a hectic day that also incorporates The Brick Lane Market, my favorite one yet. This market has the largest selection of goods and souvenirs. My mission for the return to Brick Lane Market is to purchase the numerous souvenirs that I have failed to buy during these past months in London. After these purchases are made, and perhaps a little something for myself, I will venture over to the food portion of the market and endulge in the foot long burrito for my last time in London. However, I'll have to save room for Burrough Market, a market just for food!
While I'm on the subject of food, I have a heftly list of places to return to before I leave London. Now people always ask me with pity and concern how I've been handling the food here in London. Well, unfortunately I've been doing just fine. After my first ever experience yesterday of My Old Dutch Pancake House and Ben's cookies, I am hooked and much too late! I devoured a savoury chilli con carne pancake with sour cream and one of the loves of my life, guacamole. After this meal we ventured over to Ben's cookies for my first ever taste of these gooey, melt-in-you-mouth cookies that I had heard so much about (I mean we had to--it wasss on the bucket list). Other must have meals will occur at Churchill Arms, an amazing thai restuarant in a pub surrounded by flowers, something that you would only find in London and then Benito's Hat, my go-to Mexican restuarant when I'm having my frequent withdrawals from hotsauce and margaritas.
On a different note away from food, I can't wait for Hyde Park, and myself, to witness its first ever Mifflin, or Hifflin on Saturday and to spend it relaxing and paddle boating with the lifelong friends I've met here in London. My bucket list is still in the making, but I'm convinced I'll spend the remainder of my days in London with plenty to do and loving every minute of it.
The first things on my list are those that I have yet to experience here in London. I'm ashamed to say that I have yet to take a corny picture inside a phone booth or take the infamous stroll across Abbey Road. These touristy shots are a bit embarassing, and maybe even hazardous in the case of Abbey Road, but I know I can't leave London without them.
Having missed our trip to Oxford, a day trip is in the making for this coming weekend. Another thing that I am anticipating for this coming week is lunch in the beautiful Hyde Park and a trip on the park's newest addition: a ferris wheel without the rediculous prices of the London Eye! While this new ferris wheel is a little less classy than the posh glass bubbles, it will give me the birds-eye view of London that I've been yearning for.
One thing that I'm really going to miss when I return to the states are the London markets. Our study abroad program has really made the rounds on the markets, but I still have two that I have to visit: The Burrough Market and The Flower Market. These visits will be packed into a hectic day that also incorporates The Brick Lane Market, my favorite one yet. This market has the largest selection of goods and souvenirs. My mission for the return to Brick Lane Market is to purchase the numerous souvenirs that I have failed to buy during these past months in London. After these purchases are made, and perhaps a little something for myself, I will venture over to the food portion of the market and endulge in the foot long burrito for my last time in London. However, I'll have to save room for Burrough Market, a market just for food!
While I'm on the subject of food, I have a heftly list of places to return to before I leave London. Now people always ask me with pity and concern how I've been handling the food here in London. Well, unfortunately I've been doing just fine. After my first ever experience yesterday of My Old Dutch Pancake House and Ben's cookies, I am hooked and much too late! I devoured a savoury chilli con carne pancake with sour cream and one of the loves of my life, guacamole. After this meal we ventured over to Ben's cookies for my first ever taste of these gooey, melt-in-you-mouth cookies that I had heard so much about (I mean we had to--it wasss on the bucket list). Other must have meals will occur at Churchill Arms, an amazing thai restuarant in a pub surrounded by flowers, something that you would only find in London and then Benito's Hat, my go-to Mexican restuarant when I'm having my frequent withdrawals from hotsauce and margaritas.
On a different note away from food, I can't wait for Hyde Park, and myself, to witness its first ever Mifflin, or Hifflin on Saturday and to spend it relaxing and paddle boating with the lifelong friends I've met here in London. My bucket list is still in the making, but I'm convinced I'll spend the remainder of my days in London with plenty to do and loving every minute of it.
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