26/07/10 - Well, we had to wake up early this morning to get the Metro and get to the airports to fly back to London in time for class. It's baffling to think that I can fly to Barcelona in a few hours and be back to my home. I want to go home, I've missed London so much. I'm not sure I'll be able to handle it when I get back to the US.
We got to say good-bye to our favorite hostel-desk person. He actually road with us on the Metro for a bit on our way to the airport. It was a little stressful because we were tired from the weekend, but we made it to our plane and got back to London just in time for class. Well, some of us made it to class... a few of my commrades weren't feeling well, so they didn't make it, but Meg and I walked into class with our bags and sunburns and acted like nothing was wrong. Oh, no big deal, we just got back from Barcelona where went on a weekend holiday. What we talked about, I have no idea, I was tired, coughing (I had a wierd cough... it was pretty painful), and crusty from a recovering sunburn, but living the high-life. After class, Meg and I headed back to our flat and got ready for the Harry Potter tour later that night. I was looking forward to it, because... it's Harry Potter for crying-out-loud! It's kind of a big deal, at least it was for me and a few others in the group. It was basically my childhood and is probably my favorite books. I don't know what that says about my reading repitoure, but oh well. I love Harry Potter.
So, we headed to the tube and got off in the financial district. I had been there once before because of an event I was covering. There was the Bank of England and huge infrastructure surrounding us. There was the largest skyscrapper (I don't think in the world, but definitely in the area) being worked on, and then just down the road, a building that would be taller than that one was being built. We saw The Gerkin, or the Giant Innuendo, look it up and you'll see why. We saw a bunch of the buildings that made their mark in the Harry Potter movies, especially the recent one with the opening scene in London and the Wobbly Bridge (it's actually the Millenium Bridge, but the aptly named it the Wobbly Bridge because it did just that, wobbled.) We found out that the Bank of England's front doors were the inspiration for Gringotts. We didn't go in to see if there were goblins guarding it, but I wouldn't be surprised if there was. We eventually found ourselves by Borough Market and saw Diagon Alley. We saw the original Leaky Cauldron, which was an eye-glass store. I think that after this tour, my Harry Potter experience is almost complete. Now I just want to meet JK Rowling.
27-28/07/10 - Some of my last full days as an intern at AP. I was really sad thinking about it, and also trying to figure out how to celebrate my last day... I'm thinking cookies...
29/07/10 - When I left one of my final days of work, I had to book it to the outskirts of London, to where the Olympic park is being built. I couldn't get there by tube, I had to use an over-ground train. Almost an hour later, I made it just in time for the tour. It was cool to see all of the complexes being built and we learned about the controversy surrounding them. Our guide was a local to the area, so that was a great perspective. I can't wait to come back and see it all finished, because I am coming back for the Olympics. Even though I switched majors, I'm coming back.
30-31/07/10 - Our last full weekend. We celebrated Michelle's birthday and had lots of fun. Unfortunately, I didn't get to go to all of the musuems I wanted to, but that just means I have to come back! We also worked on our projects for class.
01/08/10 - We went to the Ritz! Talk about luxurious. I felt like a million bucks, and I think that we all did. The food was delicious, but we were all distracted by the decorations, the amount of scones at our fingertips, the fact we all looked fab, but most importantly because it was our last Sunday in London. Meg literally started crying at the table. I felt like I wanted to cry. The tea I had was amazing though. It was fruity deliciousness that I knew I'd never find again in the United States.
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