Friday, July 25, 2014

Europe Trip Part 1: London

In the beginning of the year, a long-time friend of our family offered to take me to Europe as her interpreter and travel companion. Obviously, I said yes! And thankfully, everything worked out for us to spend 18 days between the UK and Paris. An awesome experience!

I must say, my first impressions of London were very, very good. It is so organized, efficient, modern, and has a great variety of people and cultures. Not to mention the glorious architecture and amazing mixture of ancient and modern buildings. 

Of course, I don't know if the people who live there consider it to be so, but compared to Brazil, it's off the charts in every aspect. Even the countryside, from an aerial view, is soooo organized, heh.

I was pleasantly surprised, thrilled, in fact, to be met at the airport by my dearest friend, Sam. He helped us get to our hotel as well, which was so very kind of him. Being that we'd slept about 3 hours in the previous 29 hours, it probably would've taken an extra long time to figure out how to do so (the brain stops functioning properly under such circumstances, heh).

We spent the next 4 days doing the tourist thing with another super good friend of mine, Angie. So many wonderful and interesting memories were formed, such as getting caught in a downpour and finding ourselves in the middle of the Pride Parade (that would fall under interesting, lol). 

Oh, and the museums and art galleries are to die for! I could spend months in them ... with a book ... and Angie ... sigh. 

Now onto a million pics! :D


Bible in Pictures anyone?


The sculptures are amaaaazing up close!




Awesome museum!

Something you don't see in Brazil (under current legislation):

Camdem markets ... too cool!




"Remember, remember, the 5th of November..." :)







London Eye. Yay!






"Floating" down the Thames:










Time for lunch...

Love that smile!

M&M's World:

Yum!





Sorry, Angie, but your face is priceless! Aha!

Buckingham Palace:






Tower Bridge:







Shakespeare's Globe:



St. Paul's Cathedral: