So I've been here for 43 days. A whole 43 days away from my bed, Tapatio, and my mother. I recently read that you do not know the beauty in traveling until you rest your head on your old, familiar pillow. I can attest to that. But I also think that traveling makes us appreciate the familiar. Especially when you're sleeping on a pillow that has probably been on my bunk since the 16th century. ROCKS MAN. FEELS LIKE FREAKING ROCKS.
I'm rather bad at blogging. It requires too much effort and honestly I'm just having way too much fun to care about such things. So in light of my 43rd day anniversary I decided I will post 43 things about my new London life. You may get jealous, and you most definitely will get hungry.
1. I live in thee cutest place. In the most amazing part of London.
2. The food, contrary to popular belief, is NOT bland. AND SATURDAY MARKETS ARE EVERYTHING.
I swear I eat real food. Dessert is the only thing worth photographing though.
3. I actually have to go to school on this study abroad thing. And it actually sucks.
4. I am the tranniest of all tranny's when it comes to public trans. Like legit I'm giving real British people with real British accents directions. This makes me feel good. And my father would be proud.
5. DO NOT TALK ON THE TUBE. IT IS A CRIME AND SOMEONE WILL PIERCE YOUR HEART WITH THEIR SNOBBISH STARES UNTIL YOU MELT INTO A SMALL PUDDLE OF STARS AND STRIPES.
6. Big Ben makes me smile a lot. Sometimes I just imagine V in his Guy Fawkes mask blowing the whole thing up and smile even bigger.
8. THE SHOPPING IS SO GOOD IT HURTS. Literally. My bank account.
9. I live across the street from Kensington Palace. Kate & Will live there along with baby George. We'll get a selfie together. Mark my words.
10. Hyde Park is also across the street. I'm forced to go on runs because I feel like it would be cruel of me not to bask in the glory of this beautiful gem.
11. Sometimes I take the bus just to do so. And get off at random places. This is how you see London.
12. The sun never shines here. Like my makeup doesn't even match my face anymore. Hook a girl up please mom?
13. BUT IT SURE DOES RAIN. An umbrella is as necessary as a pair of shoes.
14. The West End isn't broadway. That's all.
15. I SAW WICKED THOUGH. FINALLY. I CRIED. AND I DANCED THROUGH THE TUBE STATION SINGING POPULAR LIKE THE OBNOXIOUS LOUD AMERICAN I AM.
16. You have to go grocery shopping at least twice a week. Small fridges, small portions, small stores. Costco twice a month is not a thing here.
17. I SAW THE MOST PERFECT WIENER DOG IN THE WORLD. And it made my whole day. Maybe even my whole life. It matched it's owners perfectly. They waddled the exact same. And now I want a wiener dog to wrap up in a hot dog bun pillow and love that little wiener for the rest of my life. The picture does not do it justice. I felt super pervy snapping pics of these cuties in the first place.
18. Every town in England's claim to fame is the beautiful cathedral they have in their time square. They have already become a big blur of stained glass and crosses.
19. But at St. Paul's we got to climb 500 and something stairs to see the most amazing view of London.
20. On Fridays we walk. We see London by foot, and discover cool stuff. Like my favorite number mega-sized. I like Fridays because of this.
21. Did I say that Fridays totally rule?
22. Why yes, I would fancy some tea and crumpets. And yes, I made sure to put my finger up. So what if it wasn't my pinkie?
23. I went to the set of Harry Potter. Therefore, I can die happy.
24. And double fisting is OK if it's Butterbeer.
25. Notting Hill couldn't be any cuter. Except maybe if I was Julia Roberts. Colored houses + cupcakes is about as romantic as it gets for me.
26. I went to the London Chamber Orchestra, as in the Orchestra that played at Kate & Will's wedding. And I felt very sophisticated.
27. MONTY PYTHON HOLY GRAIL REALNESS.
28. Sometimes you have AHA! moments. Like moments where you are just like AHA! I love my life. In order to really achieve this you have to love where you are at that exact moment. This happened in Canterbury. Moments like this for me often involve chocolate,music, and hilarious humans. This man had the voice of an angel, and played until his fingers bled. I will forever think of him whenever I hear "Little Lion Man." This kind of turned in to an AHA! day. And I loved every single second of it. I cannot even find the words to describe how beautiful this Saturday was.
29. There is something absolutely magical about getting lost and wandering into the unknown. I've come to know this because I get lost a lot.
30. TRADER JOE'S IS HERE JUST ASK MADI SHUPE. Or maybe it's actually just a sketchy Asian pedicure place. And they unfortunately do not have cookie butter.
31. I READ the newspaper every. single. day. It has become a necessity.
32. We got really stoney at Stonehenge. BYU approved (I'm kidding mom).
33. I pull off the Austen time male fashion so well, I could've been Jane's Mr. Darcy. Or just a well dressed polygamist. Who knows.
34. I take full advantage of every opportunity I get whilst at museums.
35. We went to some Roman hot springs. I tried to skinny dip but they wouldn't let me. So I just drank the water instead, and it tasted like straight up blood.
36. The Superbowl is not the same here. The commercials suck. This is when I decided that I missed my family (mostly just their food though).
37. BRITISH ACCENTS ARE MY BEER GOGGLES.
38. There ain't no concert like a London concert. Groupie for life (not the 80's kind of groupie where you do cocaine and get with all of the band members.. just to clarify).
39. I MET JUDE LAW. HE TOUCHED MY HAND. I THINK WE ARE IN A COMMITTED RELATIONSHIP NOW.
40. I went 41 days before finding a burrito. 41 FREAKING DAYS. All is good and restored in my world now. But COME ON London get a girl a freaking quesadilla ya mean?
41. I want to live on the country side. And wear my wellies everywhere.
42. FaceTime is a blessing from God (what I'm really trying to say is that I miss my darling family).
43. Jet lag has been replaced with cathedral lag. Three deep!
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