The flight to London was six hours from Cleveland, and I slept for maybe half of the time. The flight was pretty nice because I had three seats all to myself! Once we landed it was 9:30am in London and I took the underground to Leicester Square. There I met Elizabeth’s friend Alex who took me to brunch at a little local spot in Soho. We ate a really good breakfast and she showed me where to go to see all of the tourist hotspots. Then I went off on my own first heading to the National Portrait Gallery/ National Gallery. I spent a really long time at the galleries viewing so much amazing art - including Van Gogh’s Sunflowers which I love. Then right in front of the National Gallery is Trafalgar Square, which has a bunch of statues and fountains. Next I headed down to Big Ben and Parliament, which were so cool to see in real life! Finally, I headed down through St. James Park to see Buckingham Palace. The park was beautiful, but I personally thought the Palace was kind of a let down and boring. I thought Big Ben and Parliament were more impressive. I loved how old London looked. The architecture of all the buildings was gorgeous, especially of old churches. I also thought that the cabs were really cool because they look like old cars. After all of this walking I was really tired, especially because I took a really long detour trying to find Buckingham Palace (not on purpose). So I headed back to the airport on the underground and hung out for a while. I ordered a beer and a salad then fell asleep at my gate waiting for the plane. I woke up from an old man tapping me and telling me it was time to go… Good thing. It was an awesome day but also very long and tiring.
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