Shelby's Travels

Wow what a beautiful sunny day it was in London!! AGAIN! I’m really getting special treatment here… I think London wants me to move there👀 lol

Starting off we were able to enjoy a warm drink and pastry in Hyde park before we were off to the races! My one full day in London so of course I had to see the most!

Then onto the site seeing tour… of course this is the most cheesy and definition of tourist thing you could do, BUT I’m a huge advocate for these tours. Especially when you have such little time in a big place ! This gave me a lay of the land, and I got to set my eye on all the things you just can’t go to London without seeing.

I think Big Ben / Palace of Westminster/ Houses of Parliament building had the most wow factor for me today. In the first photo, I thought it was cool sure, but then you turn the corner, and the sun is shining on it and you then see how big it actually is… that’s when it got me!😝 that was pretty cool! I would love to do a tour of that building one day!

I love seeing other cities Chinatowns! So fun! I wish nyc had a gate like this!

Dishoom for dinner. I knew it was a requirement to have curry for some sort before we left. Thanks to some lovely recommendations we went to dishoom for maybe the best meal of the trip!

Famously mentioned in the Harry Potter books as platform 9 3/4 was the entrance to the train to Hogwarts. Wasn’t gonna wait in the crazy line for a photo so now I’ve got this lady in my camera roll LOL

Abbey Road. May just be a crosswalk but I had to check it out! Definitely went through a Beatles phase in middle school so this was special. There is also a live stream so I had my mom watch and screenshot for me 😂

Lots and lots of walking! Even though I was so tired, I wasn’t ready to be done for the day since my time was so limited! Spent some time in Hyde Park again and saw Kensington Palace (not pictured) and then stopped for a refreshing drink and dinner.

Walked back through the park on my way back for the night. Really sad I didn’t have more time here but I will be back!!! VERY excited for Paris now!!!!