But wait, rewind.
Thursday I packed up my stuff and left Cordoba for Seville. Johanna met me at the train station, and we got a bus to the airport and caught our flight to London. Unfortunately, we landed late enough that the tube (!) was not running anymore, so we had to navigate a bus from Stanstead to University College London, which is right downtown London where Annabelle is studying. Somehow we missed the stop, though, so we ended up in the boondocks at 3 in the morning. Once we realized we missed our stop, we got off and waited for the return bus going the other direction. Luckily, there was a great falafel place at the bus stop, so in the middle of the night, we finally enjoyed our dinner. In the meantime, Annabelle was panicking away in her dorm because we thought we’d arrive by 1am or so. Once we caught the right bus back to her area and found her house, though, we realized we had no means (cell phone, doorbell, nothing) of contacting her inside. Naturally we started yelling her name in the street, and it worked! She opened the door and Johanna and I literally fell into her arms- such a happy reunion!
Yesterday, Friday, the three of us ran around the city and did all the major sight-seeing, including quintessential breakfast of scones and tea at a café…
Walking the streets
Green Park
Princess Diana walkway through Green Park (by Buckingham Palace)
The famous balcony at Buckingham!
The classic guard
Buckingham gate and balcony
Love
Westminster Abbey
Big Ben
Huge Ben!
Classic tourist picture
Squeeze!
Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
Annabelle and Johanna enjoying coffee outside the Globe
Coffee by the Thames River
After dinner we went to a house party that was hosted by some friends of one of Annabelle’s flat mates, which was pretty fun, though nothing too exciting. We’re saving our big nights out at clubs for tonight and Monday (Halloween).
Today we’re going to have afternoon tea. Aside from that, we’ll see where the day leads us. This is quite a change from Morocco.
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