London Trip

Tuesday morning Jason and I caught our bus to London. It was about a 4 hour ride to Calais, where we caught a ferry and relaxed for about an hour, then back on the bus for another few hours to London. It was such a LONG trip but was also VERY cheap. So really you pay for what you get.
We arrived in London late Tuesday night and checked into our hostel and called it a night. Wednesday we met Natalie, a really sweet girl from Australia, who was sleeping in our same room so we spent the day out exploring London with her. We visited the Tate Museum and saw some really interesting art. I enjoyed seeing Andy Warhol's work, but didn't necessarily enjoy Jeff Koons. lol.. (If you haven't heard of him, you're not missing out on much except pretty much porn they call "art".)
After an entire afternoon spent wandering through the museum, we set off to explore the streets and saw Big Ben and the Eye. It was so nice being able to ask questions in English and not worry about trying to translate anything. Although it was odd crossing the street and having to look right instead of left and vise versa. Even walking down the sidewalk was confusing, because I kept walking on the right naturally and then being in the way of people.
Thursday we visited the Hyde Park, Buckingham Palace and Westminster Abbey. Jason kept talking about how much I was going to like Westminster and he was right, it was my favorite place of the whole trip. Such a beautiful church and very interesting to learn of the history and all the royalty buried there. By the time we were done touring it, the choral services were getting ready to start so we stayed and for that. The Choir was made up of men and boys and they sounded very beautiful. It was definitely unlike anything I've experienced and I really enjoyed it.
Friday we walked around the Soho area and explored the different shops. Afterwards we bought tickets to the musical Blood Brothers, staring Melanie C (formally known as Sporty Spice of the Spice Girls). It was a very different plot, playing with the theme of nature vs nurture but I enjoyed it. By the time it was over it was 10:30 so we headed back to the hostel for the night.
Saturday morning we got up, packed and headed back to the bus station for the long journey. The ride home seemed to go a little faster and we got back just in time to celebrate Halloween in Paris with some friends. It was definitely entertaining seeing the looks we got from the French, seeing how they don't really celebrate Halloween. A lot of people would yell out "ca-boy!" when they saw Jason on the street and metro but it was a fun night.