EUROPE: London, Pt. 2

Saturday, April 28th we awoke to rain. (Shocker.) And it was a balmy 47 degrees. (Please remember that I was an idiot and packed clothes for 70 degree weather. I deserved all the punishment I received.)

One thing that Trip Advisor recommended we go see was the Churchill War Rooms. 

We waited in line, in the rain, for over an hour.

Once inside, we were just grateful to be out of the wind and rain. (At least I was anyway. I was SOOO COLD)

Everything is set up exactly as it was left at the end of the war

Minus the creepy wax people. They obviously weren't there...

Churchill's Suite

Our snack during Afternoon Tea

Probably my favorite propaganda poster.

After we spent a couple hours in the Churchill Museum, we wandered over to St. James Park.

Buckingham Palace

The biggest fight that Bryant and I had on our entire trip was all centered around visiting "Abbey Road", the iconic Beatles location.

While trying to figure out how to get there, we looked at the London Tube (subway) Map and saw that there was a stop called "Abbey Road". One would naturally assume that it would be the stop of choice...right?! WRONG. The stop we should have taken first was "St. John's Wood."

Look at this!! Ridiculous... 

So this was the stop that we made that wasted over an hour of subway riding time.

It was cold, rainy, and DESERTED. Kid you NOT.

Kind of a dodgy area too.

So once we figured out that we were in the completely wrong area, we hopped back on the Tube and started making our way to St. John's Wood.

We stopped along the way and saw London Bridge.

Look. It's raining.

And FINALLY we found ABBEY ROAD!!! YAY!!!

(It was still raining. Boo.)

Abbey Road Studios is where the Beatles recorded a lot of their albums.
It's still a functioning studio.

I also picked up a new umbrella at London Bridge. (What killed me is we finally bought a second umbrella after we were rained on in Dublin, Belfast, Liverpool, and now London.)

I'm blurry in the picture. Boo.

My sister's friend who grew up in London made sure to tell me that I HAD to go to a pub and order a "Black Currant and Lemonade". It was super yummy! (It reminded me of Black Cherry Shasta...but better.)

Black Currant and Lemonade

Bryant's Bacon Burger.

Fish and Chips

Sunday, April 29th rolled around and this was the view outside our window:

Looking toward the House of Parliament.

We ordered room service for breakfast since it was our last few hours in London before we had to catch our train to Paris.

Best. Breakfast. EVER.

We didn't have much time to make it to see Buckingham Palace, so we hopped in a Black Cab to expedite the process.

Inside the cab

All of the following pictures were taken around the Palace:

For all of you Harry Potter fans, "Kings Cross Station"

Our train station

The Madness

 

Next stop: PARIS!