London, England

Once again, I am squeezed for time today, but I wanted to catch up a bit on the blog, since I didn't finish my last trip (France and England). So much is flying by in these last remaining days in Europe. But first, the second leg of my "study days" trip ;) From Bayeux in Normandy, France, I took a train back to Paris, where I transfered to a train that would take me to London. A train? But there's a body of water in the way! That's why they built the Chunnel, under the English Channel. After only two hours or so, I arrived in London, hopping off the train and emerged onto the streets of London to see the famous King's Cross Station (mostly famous from Harry Potter) next door to me. 

I once again lucked out with the weather on this trip, and I wanted to get as many pictures as possible before the clouds and rain that London is famous for rolled in. Most of these pictures should be familiar, but that's Big Ben attached to Parliament pictured below.
The day after I arrived, I did a hop on/hop off tour through the famous sights of London. That was great since I didn't have much time in London (and there is far to much to see) and I wanted to get pictures of as much as possible. I did manage to get into one museum, the Central Bank of England. Wooo! Exciting, right?! Well it was one of the few free places. Getting into West Minster Abbey would have set me back around $35... Seeing these sights was especially interesting and fun since so much history has taken place in London and they speak English, which was not easy to come by in the other countries.
After the city tour, I rushed back to my hotel, and booked it down to the borough known as Chelsea in greater London, for a semi final match of the European's Champions League, which by luck was actually taking place right there where I was. I didn't have tickets, but I was right outside when the game began, and then headed to a pub filled with fanatic supporters of Chelsea Football Club (Chelsea FC). The night before, another London team, Arsenal, played in London too, but I stayed near my hotel and found a pub nearby. 
Without a doubt, the pub in Chelsea was way more fun. It would have been neat to see a win for Chelsea, but what happened was also interesting. In added time at the end of the game, Barcelona took their first accurate shot of the entire game and it went in. The shock was made worse by the fact that the refs blew four obvious calls within the box for Chelsea that would have made the game at least 3-0 instead of 1-1. Overall though, amazing experience, seeing football in the heart of a top-English team's home.

Next up: Relaxing on the beach in Alicante, Spain! But I have to go now, so until then.