London, England!!!

Hey guys, man it's been a whirlwind of a weekend let me tell you! So as you know this pst weekend I was in London and it was so Amazing! I didn't get to see and do all that I wanted too, but that's okay. Wanna know why it's okay, because I plan on going back in December for a week! 

Okay, I'll spend maybe a Day in London then and then the rest of my time in Leeds. But I digress that is for another blog, this blob post is about my weekend.

So it started on Friday night when I . went to the train station, and then to the bus station which is ontop of the train station lol. I waited for my Eurolines bus for 8:15pm, and then got on it. I managed to get my own seat and keep it the entire way! It was awesome, and heres where it gets not so awesome. I had my Nook Tablet with me, however in all my haste and trying not to forget anything I forgot my charger,.....

I was so bummed, but I didn't realize that until maybe 3 hours into the trip when I realized that I needed to charge it but the charger was nowhere to be found. And the Nook charger isn't available anywhere in Europe, I know because I checked only on, as the item is sold exclusively at Barnes in Nobles, which is an American Bookstore.. So with that in mind, I shut off my music and put away the Nook(which really blew as I had bought books specifically for the long ride there)

Anyway I made myself try to sleep, and since I had my own two little seats along with a neck pillow and blanket, I was more or less set. I didn't sleep very good, but anyway not that it matter, we stopped a lot of times. It was a different experience this time as the Driver of the bus spoke English, British English to be exact. And the door was on the left side instead of the right, and the driver's seat was on the right instead of the lelf. It was an eye opener.

I had read about London, and even seen on movies and stuff about England but being there is a different story entirely. So Because we were going by bus, we had to take the ferry, but before we go there we went through UK customs and Border controls, and they asked you all types of things, like what was I planning to do there, why did I want to come there, and etc. What the hell was I doing in Europe and just totally nosy. Anyway, I was approved to go through and I have a stamp on my visa part of my Passport that says I'm free to come and go for the next 6 months lol.

After customs we ride into the ferry, where we then get off and head upstairs, it was around 3 am at this point, and instead of the livelyness and all, everyone was decked oout on the benches, seats, chairs, tables all sleep. Lol, it was funny, and it was nice to see. Inside the Ferry, there was Video Arcades, a Casino, Bars, stores, Food courts, Family Lounfe area, and more. It was so cool.

After the ferry ride which was 90 minutes but I spent most of it curled up like a cat in a window seat. We then had to rush back to our coaches, but I got slightly confused thankfully, I found us though!

We then were back on our way and I dozed off again, I woke up around 5:00am looking around to find us in England somewhere, they're was double Decker buses and just a lot of people. By 5:30am we arrived at Victoria Coach Station and then I trooped out with everyone else. When I got there it was still pitched black. 

And I didn’t know where to go so I just went back into the coach station and curled up in a chair and fell asleep. I dozed off an on for the next 3 hours and finally when it was like 9am, I got up and made my way to information who was finally open and got directions to the bus stop for my bus.

I bought a tourist bus ticket deal, one ticket good for 48 hours. And bascially saw the sights that way. It was a hop on hop off tour, and it was really fun. However I still had my backpack as I couldn't check into my hostel yet so that bit sucked, I did get to see the London Eye and Big Ben that was amazing. I loved it. 

I rode the Tower Bridge and I saw the London Bridge, it was just crazy the amount of people there. I took pictures of course, I'm just not in any of them, because it as depressing, I went alone so I didn't want to ask random strangers to take a picture of me. It was just super sad. I wanna go back again, but this time with a friend.

Anyway, that's enough of Saturday for now, I'll be back tomorrow to continue it. Enjoy the pictures I took.