London!

So I made it to London last Saturday!! See! I told you! When I say I'll do something, I'll do it. And I'm so happy I did! I have a flatmate that's from Manchester and had NEVER been to London. So of course I had to take her with me! (and the irony of an American having to show a native Brit around her own capital was not lost on us, believe me :D) 
So basically, the place was as I remembered it. We did all the usual sight seeing, tourist-y things. Saw Buckingham Palace, rode the tube, Oxford Street, Piccadilly Circus, plus a ton of other stuff. Originally we were gonna take the train to London. We found a good deal on some round trip tickets for £45 each. But why pay all that money for a 2 hour train ride when you can take the coach of half that?! Taking the coach is reaaaaally cheap and it's only an hour extra longer than the train. But I'll probably take the train from now on simply because I plan on getting a £28 railcard, which you can find online, that gives me about a 33% discount on my train tickets. Just make sure you plan on taking the train quite often so you can get your money's worth. I don't know if I'll be returning to London before I leave for Christmas next month but I KNOW when I come back, I'll be there all the time! But back to talking about the trip!

So like I was saying, we did pretty much everything in the day that we were there. My flatmate got to experience some real city life, the good (shopping, musicians on the streets, stores that open later than 5pm!) and the...not so good (like the guy that thought it was a good idea to start peeing right next to her in the tube station while she was waiting for me to come out of the bathroom (he didn't wanna pay the 50p to go into the toilets))
When you go the London on a day trip, the BEST investment you can make is the day pass for the tube, it's only £7 during the weekend and you'll definitely get your money's worth.
During one of our many rides on the tube, we rode the central line and I couldn't help but notice on the tube map, on the opposite end of where we needed to be, stops like West Ruislip and Uxbridge. My old stops...
I wanted to go home so bad, you guys! And no, not 'home' to Florida or America. I wanted to go to the home I knew for over four years as a kid. The home I grew up in. The home that's probably not the same as it was when I left. But still my home nonetheless. 
Overall, it was a great trip! I was sad to leave my London, but I know I'll return soon.

And with that, this temporary Brit is off to f̶i̶n̶a̶l̶l̶y̶ watch The Dark Knight Rises on my computer...