On our two day flying adventure to Uganda, I had the chance to spend the day traveling around London while I waited to catch my flight that night to Kenya. All of the volunteers that were headed to Africa traveled together. We flew from Chicago to London overnight and upon arriving quickly set off to see the city. I spent the day with my good friend Kevin touring all the major sites there are to see in London. We quickly jumped on the underground, remembering to “mind the gap” and set off for Westminster.
As soon as we came out from the underground we were in the shadow of Big Ben. Everywhere we looked there was some famous landmark. Of course the day we are there it is overcast and raining but that just enhanced our London experience. We set off towards Westminster Abbey where hundreds of people were in line to be able to see the inside and where the wedding took place. We just took some pictures outside on the grounds and then headed down the street past parliament. We made our way down to St. James and shot over to the Buckingham Palace.
After we got our fix of touristy pictures we decided to just wander down the streets and find cool things. We eventually found our way to Piccadilly Circus and found this very European restaurant that had fish and chips. We had no idea how to do things there. We sat there for about twenty minutes before anyone came to help us and after we ate it took them another thirty to get us a bill. It was very good and a fun restaurant so we didn’t mind. After a long day of walking and seeing the wonderful city of London we headed back down the Piccadilly Line towards the airport and checked back in for our flight to Kenya.
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