London...Again

So after my first trip to London, where I spent 80% of the time walking, I came back to the RAC and was unable to stop my legs from moving. I couldn't sit still for about a week and I'd only been there 2 days. Now I've been in London for about 4 days and I'd say that, other than sleeping, I'll I've done is walked. And I plan on doing quite a bit of walking in Dublin as well.

What did I do on my own in London? Well I'll tell you. Sunday I went to the West End, Trafalger Square, Leichester Square, China Town, Oxford Street, Buckingham Palace, Tower Bridge, and the National Portait Gallery. I went for a walk along the Thames and ended up in the suburbs for awhile away from the tourist traps of Big Ben and Buckingham. Eventually I made my way back into the heart of London and caught the Underground back to Hendon, where my hostel was.

I'm finding it hard to keep this blog exciting and still tell you what I did. I feel like its starting to become like (or may always have been like) I did this and then I did this and then I did this. Is it that way to you Blog Lovers?

Anyway, Monday I was going to visit the Globe Theatre (I know you can hardly control your excitement) BUT I got there around 1:30 and the next tour didn't start until 4 so I went and did something else. I decided to go and visit Big Ben again walk along the Thames some more. I ended up going to the London Film Musuem and getting an amazing deal, they let me in as a child instead of as a student. Pretty much it was a whole bunch of sets and costumes and props from different movies and then history on British studios, actors, actresses, directors, ect. It was quite interesting. They had an exhibit on the new Sherlock Holmes movies, Harry Potter, Star Wars, and...DOCTOR WHO! I got to see the TARDIS and some Daleks (I was excited even if you aren't excited for me).

Finally on Tuesday I went to the Globe, and it was amazing. Since I had to get up extremely early the next morning (we're talking 4 AM) so that I could be on a train by 5 AM so I could be at the airport by 7 AM for a 9 AM flight I called it a day quite early. To be honest it was kinda a miserable day. It just rained and rained and rained. And I wasn't excatly out of the rain on my tour of the Globe as it's not an indoor theatre.

I spent quite a bit of the day in the hostel keeping dry and warm-ish. And I actually met some people. Of course it was the last night I was staying there and two American girls arrived and were staying in the same room as I was. It was nice to get some human contact that spoke "American".