The last few days.

So far this trip has been amazing!!

London: We were here for about 3 days and 2 nights. We got here on Saturday morning and I met up with a few people and then we went to lunch at a traditional pub called The Stanhope, and I got a chicken and bacon sandwich and a Stella Artois (I know, not very traditional of me...). The food was good, the people were nice, and I couldn't have asked for more!! After that, I paid for some internet so I could email my parents and let them know that I'm alright and safe and all of that. Then I hung out with some friends, walked around for a bit, headed to dinner at an italian place and had the best lasagna ever made. It was delicioussss. The next day we had a bus tour of London and we saw Westminster Palace, Parliament, the London Eye, Big Ben, Tate Modern, The Globe Theater, The Prince Albert monument, Trafalgar Square, St Paul's Cathedral, and a buuuunch of other stuff. Then we got dropped off at Covent Garden, and from there a group of about 5 of us walked to Tower Bridge (and all around in between). We estimated that we must have walked maybe 5 miles or so. Pretty decent exercise. Then we took the tube back to our hotel, changed our shoes and what not, went to Starbucks to get some cheaper internet, and then afterwards we all got together for dinner. Some people went to the Absolut Ice Bar, which was my idea... but I ended up not going because we had to be in the lobby of the hotel at 5:45am, and I needed the sleep to recover from jet lag and the likes.

Then we got up and were out ready for the airport at 545 am... sooo early!! We took at 9am flight from London to Munich, it took about 2 hours. I slept about half the trip, the other half I was reading on my Kindle. Once we got to Munich, we had maybe 2 hours to eat lunch and walk around for a bit. Then we went on a bus tour, a walking tour, and then we were free the rest of the day. On the walking tour we saw the most expensive and highend grocery store in Germany, the Hofbrauhaus (a very famous beer hall), the Glockenspiel in Marienplatz (which is a giant clock tower and the new town hall, with figurines that move around at 11, 12, and 5pm), the Opera House, the Royal Residence, and a bunch of other stuff. I got some super cool gifts already for Christmas, I'm really excited about all of that.


The next morning we had to be up and ready by 10am (which is sleeping in from what we had been doing before). Then we took a bus from Munich to Prague. It took about 6 hours or so, but we stopped to get gas for maybe 15 mins and then we stopped in Plzen to get lunch at the Pilsner Urquell brewery, which is considered the best beer in the world. It's also the place where Pilsner (as a type of beer) was invented. Kind of crazy... Anyway. I got a traditional Czech lunch of cut up sirloin in a cream sauce with 3 dumplings. It was good, not excellent, but good... I didn't get a Pilsner Urquell because I'm going back there on Friday for a tour so I'll have one then. We got to Prague at about 6pm and got our luggage, checked in, etc. Once we got to our rooms we all unpacked EVERYTHING. I was so tired of living out of a suitcase... It's so annoying. Well, not even that. Just having to lug 2 big suitcases around Europe isn't my favorite thing. So I'm glad to be unpacked. After that my 3 suitemates all went running around downtown, and me and another girl and guy from our program went to dinner at Pizzeria Grosetto and I got a margherita pizza and a Stella. It was SUCH a good pizza. Then I came back to the dorm, showered and wrote in my journal and checked my email and then crashed out! Now, I'm heading off to a meeting in a few about my school and what not. I'll post again later with some pictures!