The Christmas holiday finally began and I was one excited/thrilled girl. One of my best friends ever, Mia, came to visit me in London! This was her first time in England and I was really excited to show her around!
(I had visited Mia earlier in October in Finland for 5 days, now it was her turn to come see me!)
Mia arrived on the 16th at night so all we did that day was get some dinner at a great noodle place around the area we were staying. The next morning, we moved to our 'new home' for the next two nights! We stayed in near South Kensington in the Astor Hyde Park hostel. Once we figured out how to get there, we were golden!
We were a couple of hours early for check in, so we put our luggage in storage and went to find something to eat because we were STARVING!
Then.....the holy grail was found. ENGLISH BREAKFAST!!!
Mia loved her breakfast and traditional English tea!
Once we were all ready, we went back to our hostel to check in. Let me tell you, this place was one wonderful hostel and I completely recommend it to anyone! Mia and I stayed in a 6-person mixed dorm. Ha we were eventually put with 3 boys, but they were lovely people! They were from Germany, Australia, and Ireland. We went to Covent Garden that evening and had dinner with my friend Lis from Nottingham, and then we headed back to our hostel to save up energy for our day of touring!
Mia and some lovely telephone booths!
The next morning was cold, but we headed to Primark first thing to beat the rush. Primark is a wonderfully cheap department store! We all love it! But while we were in the store, it started to snow!
and snowed....
and snowed....
and snowwwwwweeeeedddddd.......
Mia and I are tough cookies, so we braved the cold to do our tourist thing before leaving the next afternoon!
Outside of the British Museum
I was freeeezing!
The London Eye!
This is Barnaby. We made him especially for this shot.
Big Ole Benny!
Outside the Houses of Parliment
Westminster Abbey!
Buckingham Palace! It had finally stopped snowing by then!
We are goobers.
Wooo jump!
Yeah Mia!
Trafalgar Square!
She's so cute ha
The National Gallery
Myself, Mia, and the National Gallery. Well the top of it!
After that massive day of touring, we decided to take it easy at our hostel for the night and mingle with the people there. We got up the next morning and headed to Slough (just outside of London) to spend a couple of days with Simren and her absolutely lovely family!
She had it comin!
BOOOOOMMMM!
So pretty!
Wahoo for self timers!
After all that snow, I needed some hot chocolate....with baileys. :)
Thankfully, Mia and I didn't have any problems with weather and traveling and we arrived in Finland 15 minutes early! :) Christmas time in Finland next.
