We got into London and Karan and I went into Harrod's. HOLY CROW. It was sooooo cool in there, I was totally overwhelmed. The food places alone were enough to keep me entertained for hours, but there was so much to see.
It was so amazing to see all the clothes and jewelry and stuff. The best part though was seeing people actually shop there. Everything is so expensive, it's hard to believe people can actually afford stuff. But the upside of having expensive stuff was that I got to touch Jimmy Choo shoes and lovingly caress Valentino gowns. So quite the experience :)
Karan and I just walked around for a couple hours, and I didn't really think about taking pictures. UNTIL we got into the toy store. We walked in, and lo and behold, what did I see?? AN EDWARD CULLEN DOLL!!!! ha ha ha ha Of course that would catch my attention, so I took a picture, and seriously considered considering buying it :) It was 119 pounds, so about $190.
We met up with Mike a little later, and had lunch at an "American" diner. I thought it was hilarious, it was called Mo's diner, and had you know, "American food". Yeah, ok sure :) That was the most expensive lunch (or meal) I've ever had, and it was a hamburger, fries and a lemonade for crying out loud! Oh well, I got a good story out of it.
After that, we went back downstairs (there are like 5 floors to this place) and I wanted to buy like a scarf or something relatively inexpensive so that I could say, "Oh this old thing? I just picked it up in London." But no such luck, inexpensive is nonexistent there. So I settled for a cupcake :) It wasn't as good as the Cocoa Bean in Rexburg, but I handled it. I took pictures of some of the candy, it was all soooo beautiful. I wanted to eat it all. We also saw this 10,000 pound box of chocolate, which is roughly $16,000, and a cake that ran 4,999 pounds or $7,998. What a party THAT would be.
Once I managed to stop drooling, we left and went walking. I didn't really know where we were going and then BAM!! BUCKINGHAM PALACE. I know right! It was so surreal to be standing there. It actually looks A LOT bigger on TV, but hey, what doesn't? There were no guards with big furry hats unfortunately...maybe one day. However, this really old school horse drawn carriage pulled up to the gates, went in, and then this man jumped out and ran inside the palace. I thought that deserved to be part of my London story because it adds a touch of classiness and mystery :)
Then we walked over to Big Ben, which is also AMMMMAZING!!! I didn't get to see much of Westminster Abbey, but that's for another day. Regardless, Big Ben was sooo cool to see. There were like 5 phone booths at this one place across the street from Big Ben, which were obviously there for tourists like me. So I took advantage of that :)
We stood over the Thames river, saw the London Eye and took more pictures, which was awesome. Then it was time to go, which was good, because I was quite tired. There's still so much to see, which I fully intend to do!
SOOO there's still so much to do. UPCOMING EVENTS
Oct. 8th, Institute starts, so maybe I'll have a shot at a social life :)
Oct. 16th-17th, YSA campout, I'll show these Europeans how we Montanans do it!
Oct. 19th, London Tower w/ a sister from the ward
Oct. 20th, New Moon soundtrack is released, and I know this is really irrelevant to all of you, but it's crucially important to me, and will come with pictures ;)
Week of Oct. 26th-31st- Bath and Stonehenge (tentative)
Week of Nov. 2nd- PARIS!!!! (tentative, but I do have someone to go with)
So I'll keep updating. For more pictures of all of the trips, check out my facebook, they're easier to upload there. Also, I'm trying a slideshow on the blog instead, so hopefully that will work out.
OH!!! I also got a calling in the ward. I am the "ward communications specialist", a fancy, bothersome name for the person in charge of the ward bulletin :) So that means I am officially grounded here, I have responsibilities and everything ha ha ha
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