Hey everybody, welcome back! This is Lily and thank you so much for tuning in today.
And today I'm gonna talk about London, which is gonna be part 2 out of 3 or 4, maybe, I don't know.
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.
So if you haven't checked that podcast out, you probably should. I would really appreciate it.
And you know, if you ever plan to travel to London or UK in general, it's a good podcast to check out.
Till then!
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
and went to London Bridge, which, you know, if you just step in London, you would see it.
It's like one of the first destinations that you should probably check out.
So I went to check out Tower Bridge and on there I met a lady and she complimented me on my outfit,
because, you know, I was wearing red hat, red coat, boots, brown boots, and she's like,
everything matches, like, I love it. And she prayed for me and my career, which is awesome, I think.
You know, I'm not religious, but it was awesome. It was really cute. It was a good experience.
And yeah, so after London Bridge, I went to Tower of London, which, you know, you can see the Queen's Jewels in there.
Oh, what else? Oh, the torture chamber, which was my favorite part.
And, you know, so much more, so much more stuff and lots of history, of course, because London is full of history.
Let's see. And then I went to buy some souvenirs for me and my mom.
And then I went to St. Paul's Cathedral, which was amazing. I climbed 528 steps to the very top.
And the view was gorgeous. I actually really liked the view. I like the view more than the view from London Eye,
which I did the day after that. But yeah, St. Paul's Cathedral, it's where Princess Diana got married.
Rest in peace. She was amazing. And Doctor Who was filmed there. One of the, well, actually quite a few episodes of Doctor Who.
And if you know me, you know that I love visiting filming locations and Doctor Who, the TV show and the movie.
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.
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?
I'm on vacation. I'm going to stop by. And everybody was super nice. They were super helpful.
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.
And they didn't pressure me to buy anything. And they might have looked too nice and too happy to be there.
But I'm like, yeah, you know, I was like, I was always curious about Scientology.
I think it gets a very bad rap and very wrong rap just because people assume.
And, you know, assumption is like one of the factors of stupidity.
So, yeah, you know, and I looked at Scientology. I mean, it doesn't seem bad.
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,
it's good to not be judgmental and very open minded to things.
So, yeah. And then after that, I think I went home. I was like, I'm so fucking tired.
I did. I did a lot of walking. I thought I swear like when I don't like physical pain, I really don't.
And my legs were hurting like the bones. Like, if you think about it, you know, muscles in our legs,
there's so many muscles and I've never experienced that kind of pain before.
I don't know. Maybe it's because I'm getting older, maybe because I don't walk as much.
But I felt like an old lady that day because I'm like everything is hurting, especially my lower back and my legs.
So I went home after that and I watched Big Ben Theory and ate a shit ton of pasta.
Third day, I went to, I finally, it's like one of my favorite destinations.
I went to see the Big Ben. It's the clock. It's the clock, just an FYI.
Unfortunately, it was temporarily closed. Yeah, they were doing something there.
And I went to Westminster Abbey where the coronation will happen on May the 6th.
Fun facts, I'm probably gonna watch it because I'm like, I've been there.
I'm gonna watch the coronation. I've stepped where the Queen Elizabeth,
former Queen Elizabeth stepped. I walked this step. But anyways,
and Westminster Abbey is fucking gorgeous. I don't know. It's probably one of the
pretty, one of the most beautiful churches I've been to.
And some of the halls look like halls of Hogwarts, even though I don't think it was filmed there,
like the Harry Potter movies. It was actually filmed in Oxford University in Oxford UK,
which is a few hours away, I believe, from London. Or a few minutes away. I can't remember, but anyways.
Yeah, so I went to Westminster Abbey and then after that I went to the Brit,
it was either the Brit, oh, Natural Gallery, National Museum. Yes, National Museum.
And oh my god, it was so amazing. Like there was real art there from centuries ago.
And I was like, oh my god, this painting is awesome, this painting is awesome.
And just the gallery itself, it was gorgeous. And again, Doctor Who was filmed there. I'm like,
I stood where Mads Nitt stood. Yay! But yeah. Then after that I went to the Piccadilly Circle,
Piccadilly Circus. It was really cute, it was really cute. It's a nice street, there's so much
theater buildings there, so many restaurants. And I got to go to this one coffee shop just because
it was so fucking cold, because it was kind of drizzling, it was windy, it was like 40 degrees
Celsius, which no, no, no, sorry, it was 10 degrees Celsius, which in Fahrenheit is like 49 degrees,
which is pretty freaking cold if you ask me. Like even 69, 68, 67 is too cold for me. I'm like,
I gotta have 75. Yeah, I wish I could have grabbed the sweater, but it's fine. I surprisingly did not
get sick. Not gonna lie, again. But yeah, Piccadilly Circus, really nice. Yeah, in the coffee shop I had
a really shitty coffee because she made it really strong, but that's okay. And then a few raspberry
desserts, which were amazing. And after that, I went to the Harry Potter shop. Really cute.
Service was kind of shitty because it was operated by two teenagers, and who opened late, and I'm
like, what the fuck? But anyways, it was cute. I just took some pictures and yeah. And then,
then after that, I went to the park and everybody is super active in London. I don't know about the
rest of the UK, but I bear, I probably did not see any fat people, to be honest, because everybody's
either jogging, running, walking, biking, or just walking around. Yeah, because it's really hard to
save fat when London is a very walkable city, because people actually take care of themselves.
And the food is really good. The food is actually non-chemically, so, which I didn't mention in the
previous podcast. I love it here. I love it so much. Like, I cannot, yeah. I love it. Oh yeah,
and then I saw Buckingham Palace. I was surprised no tourists were surrounding it. Very, very few.
Probably because it was like seven in the morning when I went there. Yeah, so yeah. It's a palace.
You know, like I saw it and I was like, oh, okay. Took some pictures, left. Yeah, it was a really
long day and I'm like, you know what? I'm fucking done. I'm fucking done. My legs are killing me.
My feet are killing me. And I tried going into the House of Parliament, which is right next to Big Ben,
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
Uber that day, because yeah. Oh wait, no, I took a tube. I love taking a tube. It's an experience.
It's an experience. It's an experience. And the tube is so nice. They keep it clean. They're like,
mind the gap between the platforms. And my favorite one is, hold on. Oh yeah, the phrase is
see it, say it, sort it, which means if you see something suspicious, say something and then you
get it sorted out. So yeah, and people don't say keep calm and carry on. Like I have yet to hear
that. So stay tuned for part three, which is coming right up.