London

August 27th - August 29th/30th

London is a glorious place to travel solo. The transportation was so quick and easy to use. I travelled to London where I checked into the Imperial Hotel ($160 a night for a shoebox)

I checked out a local laundry mat where I got all my clothes clean and ready for my Contiki tour... it is really expensive to do laundry in London (3 pounds per wash and 3 pounds per dry) - It cost me 15 pounds for everything including the soap.

After I did my laundry, I explored London solo. I went to Covent Gardens... I was under the impression it was an actual English garden... well it’s not! haha I actually asked some people “where’s the garden” which they found hysterical. Covent Garden’s is full of shopping & street performances... it was pretty awesome! I went shopping and went to my fav shop (Marks and Spencers) for some English snacks P.S. they have the best ready-made sandwiches minus the mayo and prawn sandwich.

(Left: Covent Gardens)
(Right: Me on the bus tour)

My second day in London was super busy! I went on the Original Sightseeing Tour in London. The Original Tour is a hop-on/hop-off double-decker bus tour visiting all of London’s biggest and most famous attractions. I won’t go into detail about all the attractions but I will post some pictures with captions.

Having Tea with the Queen: Buckingham Palace

Big Ben Baby!

St. Paul's Cathedral

I have my eye on the London Eye

London Bridges Falling Down

I want to live in the London Tower

My first night with Contiki

After my full day of touring London, my migraine & room service... I met up with my Contiki group at the Royal National Hotel (and where I stayed for that night). I was pleasantly surprised to see so many others were travelling alone! A bunch of us single Contiki ladies went out for a night in London.. but not to late because the departure of our Contiki was horrendously early the next morning.