London

London, our final destination, was gigantic and enticing. We realized we would have difficulty attempting to see the majority of the sights, neighborhoods and tourist attractions due to the sheer quantity, and not to mention London's size as well. Because our Edinburgh walking tour was such an efficient way to see the city, we decided to do the same in London. On the tour we got to see Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace, and Trafalgar Square. We learned about London's history and also got to experience rain and hail!

We wanted to see a show while we were here, so we got half priced tickets and chose to see Avenue Q--an adult humored Sesame Street musical. It was pretty funny and entertaining, and we were really glad we got the true London Theater experience. We also visited some traditional London pubs, which were pretty fun and seemed to have a very British atmosphere. We ate Indian, and Persian food, as well as some fish and chips in order to have the London eating experience.

Museum wise, we went to the Tate Modern, which had some really excellent modern art exhibits, and varied nicely from the majority of the museums we went to previously on our trip. For some reason we thought it would be a good idea to go to London Bridge, but upon walking over it we realized it's pretty much just your average bridge, so we had a short, photoless stay. Afterwards, we went to Harrods--world's largest department store. Their food halls were quite impressive and made our mouth's water. There were tons of seafood, a fromage and charcuterie section, as well as a wine shop, and gigantic chocolate section.

For our very last night in Europe, we decided to find a pub that also specialized in good food, as many English pubs are all about the beer, yet no one tends to dine at them. We found an awesome place, called the Pig's Ear, in a hip area that served us one of our most delicious and memorable meals of the entire trip. They also had a great cider that went really well with our meal. This night was a perfect way to end our trip, that is until we returned to our room at the hostel to find one of our room mates was the loudest snorer in the history of the world, but oh well, we could sleep on the plane!

We hope you all enjoyed our blogs and experiencing our trip through them. We had an incredible 7 weeks and will always have this blog to reminisce about our travels, as well as all of your feedback, so thanks for reading. We are back in LA now and readjusting to normal, boring reality, but secretly planning our next trip! Love, Jenny and Ethan.