Ginger Spice Travels to the Land of Tea and Crumpets

Stepped off the plane in London like

And I immediately tried to find Harry Styles. I would have settled for any member of One Direction but let's be honest... Harry Styles all the way. Or Harry Potter. Or Prince Harry.

Pretty much anyone named Harry.

England

HERE YE HERE YE

I wasn't planning on visiting England while I was abroad but I ended up making friends with the entire country so I figured WHY NOT. Free tour guides! Plus, I wasn't ready to say goodbye to my friends (mates) yet. 

I was lucky enough to stay with Liv and her amazing family for a couple days while Liv showed me around England and London.

First stop...

Windsor

And I drove! jk. No idea how they drive on the other side of the road.

 I actually thought we were driving the wrong way like ten times. Gave me a mini heart attack every time.

But we threw our stuff in the boot and hopped on the motorway with a full tank of petrol and headed to the castle while eating Cadbury's.

Windsor Castle 

How cute are they?

Where is your red coat, mate?

A proper castle 

I already miss them wahhhhhhh

I even tried Nandos. Which is a requirement to try when you go to England.  

I understand every word of this. Mate.

Next stop...

London

Liv and I spent two days in London and April met up with us on the first day. I had my first London Underground experience. I can't believe how looooooooooooong the escalators were. And how sometimes it took 2 or 3 to get all the way up.

Took this from the internet. but COME ON. 

All I could think about is the ONE escalator that always breaks on Long Beach's campus right by Starbucks. When it breaks the entire school erupts into moans and Twitter explodes with "WHY GOD WHYYYYYY" and "The escalator is broken.. guess I'm not going to class". Retweet. Favorite. Retweet.

Imagine when this breaks down.

IMAGINE.

Also, good luck figuring this out.

Thank you Liv for navigating around the city. Most people know I'm not the best at directions.

After all those shenanigans. We arrived in London.

YAS. In London.

Oh haaaay I see you

The magnificent London Eyeball

Big Benjamin 

And Parliament 

Millennium Footbridge

The Shard. Not to be confused with the Shart. Two very different things.

LOVED the skyline 

I was obsessed with the architecture of these buildings 

HOW COME EVERY TIME YOU COME AROUND... 

...MY LONDON LONDON BRIDGE WANNA GO DOWN?

View from the London Bridge

We had lunch at the restaurant at the top of the Oxo tower. I had proper English fish and chips. And they were bloody fantastic.

View from lunch

Can't go to England without eating fish and chips.

It would be like going to California and not getting In-N-Out, ya know?

More like M&M HEAVEN 

Share with someone special? HAHA no thanks.

Now, that is a bag of M&Ms

Why yes I will have dessert for dinner.

I DREAMED A DREAM IN TIME GONE BYYYYYYYY

LOOK DOWWWWN LOOK DOWWWWWN.

Seeing Les Miserable was 100% my favorite thing we did in London. I mean don't get me wrong, the sites were great and the M&M's were tasty but, this is my favorite musical. And everyone's voices were FANTASTIC. I never wanted it to end.


But it did.

DAY TWOOOOO in London 

Tower of London

Where they house the Royal's jewels and crowns  

Surrounded with walls to protect the jewels.

With hats like these

That weigh 10 pounds

How British 

Favorite picture I took

London Bridge. Diff angle.

Gate to my Palace 

The Queen lives here!

The Queen of Genovia. 

Oops I mean this queen

"Look at all these peasants behind me" 

Afternoon Tea, a must do

So posh.

-Basic London Picture-

I wonder if someone has the job to paint these to keep them that iconic red.

I never looked this graceful putting on my pointe shoes. 

Covent Garden is a shopping area. Not a garden. The name is deceiving 

Harrods. The most impressive thing about this large department store was the entire floor dedicated to food. 

After London, we headed back to Liv's house for a nice long slumber. After walking around the entire city with my overnight bag slung across my shoulder for two days, I was ready for bed. And a massage.

Brighton 

This place is ALL CHOCOLATE 

Hot chocolate. Like, can you not?

The beach. 

Mine.

The pier 

My mates. 

I loved the shops and the streets. Everything was so unique.

Haaaay.

Royal Pavilion

Random Indian architecture 

But I dig it. 

Thank you Liv for letting me stay with you and showing me around!! 

Sadly, I had to say goodbye to Liv. April and I drove back to her house, and then her dad was took us to the airport the following day to fly back to Amsterdam.

Which brings me to the conclusion of my England trip.

I had such a blast and it was great being able to travel around with people who knew where to go and what to do. It was also fun to see my friends outside of Amsterdam and in their home life.

I loved England. And I can't wait to go back!

CHEERS!