1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:09,360 Hey everybody, welcome back! This is Lily and thank you so much for tuning in today. 2 00:00:09,360 --> 00:00:18,720 And today I'm gonna talk about London, which is gonna be part 2 out of 3 or 4, maybe, I don't know. 3 00:00:18,720 --> 00:00:26,960 But, so in the last podcast I talked about how I got to London, what I used to get around and how much I loved London. 4 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:34,160 So if you haven't checked that podcast out, you probably should. I would really appreciate it. 5 00:00:34,160 --> 00:00:41,040 And you know, if you ever plan to travel to London or UK in general, it's a good podcast to check out. 6 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:42,480 Till then! 7 00:00:42,480 --> 00:00:50,960 So on the second day of arriving, it was such a packed day. I woke up at 5 or 6 a.m., I remember, got on the tube 8 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:57,200 and went to London Bridge, which, you know, if you just step in London, you would see it. 9 00:00:57,200 --> 00:01:02,240 It's like one of the first destinations that you should probably check out. 10 00:01:02,240 --> 00:01:11,040 So I went to check out Tower Bridge and on there I met a lady and she complimented me on my outfit, 11 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:17,120 because, you know, I was wearing red hat, red coat, boots, brown boots, and she's like, 12 00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:24,800 everything matches, like, I love it. And she prayed for me and my career, which is awesome, I think. 13 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:29,360 You know, I'm not religious, but it was awesome. It was really cute. It was a good experience. 14 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:41,440 And yeah, so after London Bridge, I went to Tower of London, which, you know, you can see the Queen's Jewels in there. 15 00:01:41,440 --> 00:01:46,800 Oh, what else? Oh, the torture chamber, which was my favorite part. 16 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:55,440 And, you know, so much more, so much more stuff and lots of history, of course, because London is full of history. 17 00:01:55,440 --> 00:02:00,880 Let's see. And then I went to buy some souvenirs for me and my mom. 18 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:12,400 And then I went to St. Paul's Cathedral, which was amazing. I climbed 528 steps to the very top. 19 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:21,360 And the view was gorgeous. I actually really liked the view. I like the view more than the view from London Eye, 20 00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:29,840 which I did the day after that. But yeah, St. Paul's Cathedral, it's where Princess Diana got married. 21 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:38,480 Rest in peace. She was amazing. And Doctor Who was filmed there. One of the, well, actually quite a few episodes of Doctor Who. 22 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:46,560 And if you know me, you know that I love visiting filming locations and Doctor Who, the TV show and the movie. 23 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:56,080 There's quite a few movies. So after that, I, you know, just walked around, just walked around before I had to go somewhere else. 24 00:02:56,080 --> 00:03:05,840 And I checked out another church and I got to I, you know, I was passing Church of Scientology and I'm like, you know what? 25 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:10,240 I'm on vacation. I'm going to stop by. And everybody was super nice. They were super helpful. 26 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:15,760 I'm like, look, I'm just here to explore. Like, I got to go. Like, I have reservation. And they're like, yeah, sure. 27 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:22,720 And they didn't pressure me to buy anything. And they might have looked too nice and too happy to be there. 28 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:27,200 But I'm like, yeah, you know, I was like, I was always curious about Scientology. 29 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:33,760 I think it gets a very bad rap and very wrong rap just because people assume. 30 00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:38,800 And, you know, assumption is like one of the factors of stupidity. 31 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:44,880 So, yeah, you know, and I looked at Scientology. I mean, it doesn't seem bad. 32 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:51,360 Like I did some research and it doesn't seem bad. I mean, I'm not going to become like a cult member, but, you know, 33 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:56,480 it's good to not be judgmental and very open minded to things. 34 00:03:56,480 --> 00:04:04,560 So, yeah. And then after that, I think I went home. I was like, I'm so fucking tired. 35 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:12,320 I did. I did a lot of walking. I thought I swear like when I don't like physical pain, I really don't. 36 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:19,920 And my legs were hurting like the bones. Like, if you think about it, you know, muscles in our legs, 37 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:25,440 there's so many muscles and I've never experienced that kind of pain before. 38 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:29,600 I don't know. Maybe it's because I'm getting older, maybe because I don't walk as much. 39 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:37,280 But I felt like an old lady that day because I'm like everything is hurting, especially my lower back and my legs. 40 00:04:37,280 --> 00:04:45,200 So I went home after that and I watched Big Ben Theory and ate a shit ton of pasta. 41 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:50,000 Third day, I went to, I finally, it's like one of my favorite destinations. 42 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:56,720 I went to see the Big Ben. It's the clock. It's the clock, just an FYI. 43 00:04:56,720 --> 00:05:03,760 Unfortunately, it was temporarily closed. Yeah, they were doing something there. 44 00:05:03,760 --> 00:05:11,760 And I went to Westminster Abbey where the coronation will happen on May the 6th. 45 00:05:11,760 --> 00:05:16,560 Fun facts, I'm probably gonna watch it because I'm like, I've been there. 46 00:05:16,560 --> 00:05:23,040 I'm gonna watch the coronation. I've stepped where the Queen Elizabeth, 47 00:05:23,040 --> 00:05:28,880 former Queen Elizabeth stepped. I walked this step. But anyways, 48 00:05:28,880 --> 00:05:33,600 and Westminster Abbey is fucking gorgeous. I don't know. It's probably one of the 49 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:37,360 pretty, one of the most beautiful churches I've been to. 50 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:45,040 And some of the halls look like halls of Hogwarts, even though I don't think it was filmed there, 51 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:52,320 like the Harry Potter movies. It was actually filmed in Oxford University in Oxford UK, 52 00:05:52,320 --> 00:05:57,360 which is a few hours away, I believe, from London. Or a few minutes away. I can't remember, but anyways. 53 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:07,680 Yeah, so I went to Westminster Abbey and then after that I went to the Brit, 54 00:06:07,680 --> 00:06:14,960 it was either the Brit, oh, Natural Gallery, National Museum. Yes, National Museum. 55 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:21,840 And oh my god, it was so amazing. Like there was real art there from centuries ago. 56 00:06:22,480 --> 00:06:26,240 And I was like, oh my god, this painting is awesome, this painting is awesome. 57 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:32,080 And just the gallery itself, it was gorgeous. And again, Doctor Who was filmed there. I'm like, 58 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:42,640 I stood where Mads Nitt stood. Yay! But yeah. Then after that I went to the Piccadilly Circle, 59 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:47,840 Piccadilly Circus. It was really cute, it was really cute. It's a nice street, there's so much 60 00:06:47,840 --> 00:06:54,320 theater buildings there, so many restaurants. And I got to go to this one coffee shop just because 61 00:06:54,320 --> 00:07:00,960 it was so fucking cold, because it was kind of drizzling, it was windy, it was like 40 degrees 62 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:08,640 Celsius, which no, no, no, sorry, it was 10 degrees Celsius, which in Fahrenheit is like 49 degrees, 63 00:07:08,640 --> 00:07:16,480 which is pretty freaking cold if you ask me. Like even 69, 68, 67 is too cold for me. I'm like, 64 00:07:16,480 --> 00:07:23,280 I gotta have 75. Yeah, I wish I could have grabbed the sweater, but it's fine. I surprisingly did not 65 00:07:23,280 --> 00:07:32,240 get sick. Not gonna lie, again. But yeah, Piccadilly Circus, really nice. Yeah, in the coffee shop I had 66 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:38,240 a really shitty coffee because she made it really strong, but that's okay. And then a few raspberry 67 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:46,480 desserts, which were amazing. And after that, I went to the Harry Potter shop. Really cute. 68 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:54,800 Service was kind of shitty because it was operated by two teenagers, and who opened late, and I'm 69 00:07:54,800 --> 00:08:00,960 like, what the fuck? But anyways, it was cute. I just took some pictures and yeah. And then, 70 00:08:00,960 --> 00:08:11,200 then after that, I went to the park and everybody is super active in London. I don't know about the 71 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:17,920 rest of the UK, but I bear, I probably did not see any fat people, to be honest, because everybody's 72 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:28,640 either jogging, running, walking, biking, or just walking around. Yeah, because it's really hard to 73 00:08:28,640 --> 00:08:33,440 save fat when London is a very walkable city, because people actually take care of themselves. 74 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:40,000 And the food is really good. The food is actually non-chemically, so, which I didn't mention in the 75 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:48,640 previous podcast. I love it here. I love it so much. Like, I cannot, yeah. I love it. Oh yeah, 76 00:08:48,640 --> 00:08:54,880 and then I saw Buckingham Palace. I was surprised no tourists were surrounding it. Very, very few. 77 00:08:54,880 --> 00:09:03,040 Probably because it was like seven in the morning when I went there. Yeah, so yeah. It's a palace. 78 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:13,360 You know, like I saw it and I was like, oh, okay. Took some pictures, left. Yeah, it was a really 79 00:09:13,360 --> 00:09:18,240 long day and I'm like, you know what? I'm fucking done. I'm fucking done. My legs are killing me. 80 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:26,160 My feet are killing me. And I tried going into the House of Parliament, which is right next to Big Ben, 81 00:09:26,160 --> 00:09:34,000 but I was like, you know what? I'm fine. I think I'm good. And I think I either took a tube or an 82 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:42,560 Uber that day, because yeah. Oh wait, no, I took a tube. I love taking a tube. It's an experience. 83 00:09:42,560 --> 00:09:49,600 It's an experience. It's an experience. And the tube is so nice. They keep it clean. They're like, 84 00:09:50,400 --> 00:09:58,560 mind the gap between the platforms. And my favorite one is, hold on. Oh yeah, the phrase is 85 00:09:58,560 --> 00:10:06,400 see it, say it, sort it, which means if you see something suspicious, say something and then you 86 00:10:06,400 --> 00:10:12,960 get it sorted out. So yeah, and people don't say keep calm and carry on. Like I have yet to hear 87 00:10:12,960 --> 00:10:36,800 that. So stay tuned for part three, which is coming right up.