London

I went to visit my friend from high school, Eleanor, in London a couple of weeks ago. I had been to London before, so it was nice to not feel the stress of having to see everything. It was so nice to be back in an English-speaking country and to eat food besides pasta!

We walked around and saw Trafalgar Square, Buckingham Palace, Big Ben and Parliament, and Westminster Abbey. I also got to see a friend from Rice, Addie, for a little bit. It was so nice to see familiar faces. We went to the National Gallery also, where I saw some of the pieces that we had studied in my art history class.

Parliament and Big Ben

Trafalgar Square

The next day, we stood in line to get tickets for the musical Matilda. After successfully acquiring our 5 pound tickets, we went to 221B Baker Street, the address of Sherlock Holmes. After wandering around a bit due to the faulty maps and definitely not our own inability to read them, we found the address and took a picture in front of the door.

Cool Sherlock themed art at the Underground station

In front of 221B Baker St.

We then headed on a red double decker bus down to the Tate Britain. First, though, we went to a pub and ate fish and chips. So good! We saw the Turner exhibit at the Tate, which was amazing! Finally, we walked back through St. James' Park and past Buckingham Palace.

Buckingham Palace

Nature

St. James' Park was really pretty, even in the rain

After grabbing burgers, we watched Doctor Who and then went to Matilda. Matilda was really good! I had loved the Roald Dahl books when I was younger and it was really cool to see this musical. It was very funny and clever.

Overall, it was a wonderful weekend!