Backpacking in Europe: London

Thursday, April 21, 2016

I was excited about London! I have never been in there before.

We leaved Borås so early…when we arrived to England it was almost lunchtime. After the flight, a long bus trip and a walk till the hostel (that we could not find so quickly) we went to the city´s streets to enjoy what London has to offer.

During the first hours in the capital we went to visit the Freddie Mercury´s house. In the wall we left him a message, like all the others fans that he has left behind. Mariana is a huge fan of the Queen band.  They have been always part of my play list, because I also listen to them since I was a child.  We walked till Harrods, the place where the queen does her shops. Visited the biggest toys store from the entire world. It´s crazy! The shop has 5 floors with incredible toys and entertainments. It is like a new world. We finish our day in the center of the city, experiencing the crazy dynamic of the capital. London is the city that never sleeps!

Live in there can be quit expensive. To don’t spend money on transports we returned to the hostel by walk. It was long way and (since it was late) the streets were pretty cold.

The hostel was a little place with a common living room, a small kitchen, bedrooms for 6/8 people and some bathrooms. We were sharing the space with more three boys from others parts of the world. In the hostel lived, at least, 3 Portuguese that went to London searching for a better life.

On the second day I went to the Natural History Museum! I learned so much…I discovered more facts about the humans anatomy, mammals, birds, sea creatures, little insects, about the Planet Earth…and of course…I saw dinosaurs, those magnificent creatures that lived in our planet millions years ago. The museum is enormous. It is possible spend a whole day in there and don´t finish the visit tour. When the afternoon arrived I met Benny and Mariana next to our hostel. They had been in the Warner brothers Studios tour- The Making of Harry Potter, to visit the backstage of their favorite saga. They were also really excited about their day. At night we gave a little walk around our area, as usual.

On the third day we went to a lot of places. We crossed the Tower Bridge, visited an imposing cathedral, passed through the London Eye, the Big Ben and lay down in the St. James Parks sward. A little bit before dinner we visited China Town and its wonderful lights and colors.

When we arrived to the hostel it was already late and we were really tired. But the people from there were really friendly and invited us to join them for a card´s game. We accepted the invitation. The night went on…when we looked to the clock it was almost 5am. It was time to sleep. A long trip was waiting for us on the next day. I´m glad we could rest during our returning to Sweden. Our home was waiting for us and we were dreaming with our owns bed.