The Epic London Adventure- Part 1

I recently returned from my last trip to London, which was amazing in every way. I absolutely loved it, and only wish I could have done more, though I did do quite a bit. Which is why this will be several posts. :) So here we go:

Thursday

On Thursday, I packed up all my stuff and caught a bus to the nearest train station. Where I suddenly realized that I had forgotten to pack my camera. So thanks to my friend Victoria, because she's the reason I have any pictures at all of the trip. Victoria met me there at the train station, and we traveled down to London together. Our train was at noon, and we arrived in London right at 2:30. The first thing we did was make our way to our hostel and drop off our bags. Then, because it was Victoria's first trip to London, I took her to Westminster to see Big Ben and the London Eye. We were planning on attending a service at Westminster Abbey that evening, and at 5:00 we made our way there. 

We weren't allowed to take pictures, seeing as it was a proper evening service. But it was absolutely incredible. The choir was singing, and apparently they're world-renowned. They read some passages out of the bible, there was a lot of sitting and standing. But the Abbey was so beautiful. It was actually very inspiring to me to be listening to a church service in such an amazing place. I felt very lucky to be there. 

After the 45 minute service, we made our way to the London Eye and met up with my other friend Mady. We had tickets for the Eye, so we collected those and then joined the queue. The Eye never looks that big in pictures, but once you're actually on it and going around, it seems massive! It takes 30 minutes to make a complete rotation, you know. Here are some stunning pictures: 

When we were near the top of the Eye, we noticed what looked like a giant purple bouncy house. After we were safely back on the ground, we discovered that it was not a bouncy house, but a tent in the shape of a giant purple cow on it's back. And it was the Udderbelly Festival. 

Victoria and I ended up going to that night's show, which turned out to be great. The show was called "Festival of the Spoken Nerd" and was comprised of three super nerdy people making science and math related jokes. It was FANTASTIC. If they sound interesting to you, and they should because they're awesome, then check out their website. Soon they'll be coming to the States!

festivalofthespokennerd.com

Then after that, we made our way back to the hostel for the night, as we had an early morning ahead of us.