Last July, I spent part of a trip to Europe with my mother in my favorite city: London. The trip started out in Paris, the city my mother most wanted to visit, and I tacked on a trip to London for the second half, as it was just an easy train ride away and I couldn’t resist. It had been nearly three years since my last trip, when I came to visit my best friend, Shae, during her semester at UCL. Shae herself decided to “crash” our trip, going up to Edinburgh for my recommended solo trip while we were in Paris, and then joining us in London. We spent the days in our favorite city revisiting some of our favorite places and showing them to my mom, who had been to London around my age and seen all of the most touristy things, as well as checking out some places that were new to us. We also took a day trip to Cambridge partway through the week.
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Final part of my trip to London! On Friday, we headed over to Duck and Waffle and Leadenhall Market, before going to the Sky Garden. We took about a million photos there, through golden hour, sunset, and the beginning of the night. I also saw the second part of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, although not without some drama beforehand.
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Part two of my London trip, presented out of order - days three and five. After going to Paris the second day, I had Thursday to myself before we went to see Cursed Child. My friend Sophia, also studying abroad in Europe, arrived in London that night to visit for the weekend. On Saturday, we started the day with brunch and filled the rest of the day with photos, Notting Hill, and crisscrossing the city a few times.
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Finally getting to my next London blog post... I was lucky enough to go back to London for six days in November, where I got to visit Shae and revisit my favorite city. I ran from classes to the airport and took a late night flight, arriving in London early the next day. We had the rest of the day ahead of us, so we had plenty of time for brunch, my favorite bookstore, not one but two museums, and a long, meandering walk through the decorated streets.
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London is my absolute favorite place, and I've missed it so much since leaving after my semester abroad. Many of my friends were studying abroad this past semester, and Shae happened to be studying in London. I took advantage of that and less expensive plane tickets (thanks, Brexit, for lowering the value of the pound?) to go visit Shae in London over Thanksgiving. It was so wonderful to be back in London for six days, this time with Shae, and getting to do some of my favorite things while also doing some new things that I hadn't gotten to while I studied there. My trip was packed and fun, from wandering around Bloomsbury, Notting Hill, Kensington, and East London, to seeing Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and The Last Five Years, to enjoying London at the holidays. Plus, we also went to Paris for a day - roundtrip train trip, two museums, Shakespeare & Company, and many photo opportunities.
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