London

Last week in a moment of mild insanity and a desire to see friends and family, I hopped on the Eurostar (train through the chunnel) and headed to London. I arrived there around noon and met up with my father, who had also just arrived in town for business. We met in Waterloo station and began wandering around London. We walked past many major sites (London Eye, Westminster Abbey, Parlement, pretty parks, etc.) until we found a cute cafe for lunch.

After lunch, we wandered some more, then hopped on a tour bus. From the top of the double-decker, we saw all the major London sites - the museums, London Bridge, Tower of London, parks, etc. We got off for a while to take a boat down the Thames past the waterfront sights, then hopped back on the bus. Afterwards we took a ride on the London Eye. We ate a quick dinner in Waterloo station, then Dad hopped on a train back to his hotel and I went to visit Becca at Royal Holloway University, a half hour outside London.

After arriving at Royal Holloway and getting a brief tour of the town of Egham, I met Becca's friends and hung out in their student center. She goes to a real university with dorms and a campus, and lives in a flat with British students. Wednesday morning we walked around her campus, which includes a castle with a courtyard in the middle that the students sit in. It was extremely cute. We had lunch in her favorite pub in town, and then I hopped on a train to Heathrow to catch my flight to Vienna.