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| Everyone Welcome |
Aside from the places I've lived, London is my Most Visited City. On my most recent visit I was only supposed to have a short layover but the airline I was booked on went BANKRUPT, if you can believe it. The universe gave me a few more days in Europe and I was grateful to experience London in the fall for the first time. I stayed on the couch of a friend I met briefly the previous June in Slovakia and hung out with another friend that I met in Bosnia and Herzegovina in July. Life has a way of working itself out.
London also happens to be the first place I wandered around on my own.
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| can you BELIEVE |
I bought tickets for the Harry Potter play a year and a half before it came out, when I wasn't even sure if I was studying abroad in Britain. The tickets went so quickly and I knew this was my only chance to buy them, so I figured I'd cough up the ticket refund fee if I couldn't go.
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| cheap nosebleed seats but it was still amazing |
The plot sucked but the production level was amazing. I'm sure anything on West End is fantastic simply because of the money and effort put into each performance.
I do love London. I wish the food and cafes were cheaper, but aside from that it's a great city for someone on a budget. SO many museums, £5 standing tickets at the Globe Theatre, and bus fare maxes out at £4.50 so it's way cheaper than taking the underground. On a sunny day I spent a lot of time on a bench in this park near the Thames, just because I could and it was free.
Have you been to London? I feel like people have pretty polarizing feelings about it, so do you hate it or love it?