As a bonding activity and a way to get us out of the house and into the city, our directors came up with a plan: send us off in groups with a list of places to get photos of. The most creative and amusing photos would win a trip to high tea, the losers would have a collection of photos and some memories. Here are my group’s results:
First on the list was Piccadilly Circus (London’s version of Times Square):
Next up: the famous Trafalgar Square Lion Statues. Here we decided to get creative and reenact a scene from The Lion King. We were quite the site to see with our many attempts at raising me high enough— needless to say we attracted a few stares.
Third was the official half-price ticket booth in Leicester Square. Two of our girls even bought play tickets right there on the spot!
As expected, we stopped for a photo at Buckingham Palace. Unfortunately the guards were not outside of the gates, so we weren’t able to taunt them or take silly photos.
And lastly, we visited the London Eye— which you can actually see if you walk two blocks from our house!
For our mode of transportation to all of these locations, we were required to take all that London has to offer:
The famous black cabs (here is our attempt at hailing one):
The Barclays Bikes (which can be found all over town and are actually quite fun):
The iconic red double-decker buses (note: to be creative we acted as loud Americans and the annoyed British passengers):
And of course, the Tube (pronounced “chube”):
Other stops made along the way included:
Big Ben (representing my Kappa sisters):
Hyde Park (definitely necessary to throw autumn leaves in the air):
The Wellington Arch near the entrance of Hyde Park (you don’t see that in Southern California):
Check all of that off my bucket list!
PS. If you were wondering, we didn’t win the competition (but we had tea in Hyde Park ourselves).
From London With Love 