Louise+Dahlbeck

__ My Trip to London __

My name is Louise Dahlbeck and I’m 20 years old and this is my story when I went to London for the first time.

It has always been my dream since I was young to go to London. The city is so beautiful and I absolutely love the British accent. When I was 15 years old I started to save money to my dream trip. I worked extra as a babysitter, at a restaurant, I cut the neighbours lawns and much more. And by the age of 20 I had saved 50 thousand Swedish crowns, with some help of my parents of course so I decided that this was the time to go to London. I had also already talked to my friend Alice who lives in London and we had decided to spend the entire week together.

I had very high expectations for this trip and made a list of thing I wanted to do there. Here it is: Millennium Footbridge, Piccadilly Circus, Madam Tussauds
 * I want to see Big Been, London Eye, Buckingham palace, Tower Bridge and
 * Drink Afternoon Tea
 * Take a ride in a red double decker
 * Do some shopping on Bond Street and in A&F
 * Go to a fancy club
 * Eat at a really expensive restaurant
 * See a movie
 * By some cool souvenirs
 * Take an English taxi
 * Go to a theatre
 * Go on a buss tour

__ Two Of My Days In London __ __ Day 1. On February 18, 2012 __ The time is now quarter past six and right now I am sitting at the airport café and eating my sort of dinner. I’m really not that hungry so a Chai latte and scones is perfect! // ♥ // I have checked in the bags, I have got my tickets and I have exchanged seven thousand Swedish crowns to Pund. So right now I am just waiting to board the plane and holding my breath not to freak out! I can’t believe this is the day I’m going to LONDON!! I’ve been waiting for this moment for ages and I’m looking forward so much. I have already spoken with Alice and she will meet me at the airport tonight and help me find the hotel I am staying at. I’m flying with British Airways of course, in economic- class and then I will stay at a 5 star hotel called “The Bloomsbury Hotel”. It’s supposed to be really good according to Alice. Well this is all I know from now, going to write more when I get to the hotel! Bye Bye! J

__ Day 2. On February 19, 2012 __ Hi! I’m sorry that I didn’t write anything yesterday! I was just too tired and went right to bed! So, yesterday I landed in London around 9 PM and Alice was waiting for me at the gate as she said. I’ve missed her so much!! It was months ago I meet her and we have so much to catch up! So after some crying and hugging we took the taxi to my hotel and we decided to have Afternoon Tea tomorrow (today!) After that as I said, I just went straight to bed.

So, today! My first real day in LONDON!!! It was so fun! I started the day waking up around 12, I let myself sleep a bit longer then usual and then I packed up all my things and got ready for the day. And let my just say one thing, the hotel I’m staying at: W O W. It’s gorgeous! I have my own room with a king bed and a huge bathtub! So nice, I love it! So after I had made myself at home I hade some Afternoon Tea with Alice in the Hotel. It was really nice! A lot of sandwiches, cookies and cakes, scones and tea! It was extremely good! After that we went for a walk to Piccadilly Circus and then to Green Park. It’s really close to the hotel only 10 minutes walk. So at The Green Park we saw some squirrels and we fed them with nuts we found on the ground. They were so cute! After that we passed The Buckingham Place and then further on to St: James Park and feed some ducks and took some photos. We then came to The Horse Guards Parade which is a military area and we saw some funny guards with red suits and these high-haired black hats. They just stood there and didn’t move a finger or talked. Boring job according to me. Imagine just standing there the entire day not moving or talking, so boring. Anyhow! We went through The Horse Guards Parade and then over the Westminister Bridge to London Eye. We bought “fast tickets” to London Eye so we didn’t have to stand in a line for so long time but it still took about 45 minutes. You could see everything from there! It was really cool. Then we took a taxi home and prepared for dinner. We went to a restaurant called “Piccadilly” close to Piccadilly Circus, it was really nice. We drank some vine and I took a salad for dinner. Then on the way home we passed a supermarket called “Ruberts Supermarket” and bought some candy for the movie we were going to watch at the hotel. So right now I’m sitting in my bed with Alice at the hotel ready to watch “The Hangover 2” on the tv. So by for now and I’ll see you tomorrow! Bye Bye J

__ Overall __ Home sweet home as you say, anyway I’m back in Sweden again. The week in London were better than I had ever expected and I’d love to go back as soon as possible. I also did every thing on my list (which was a surprise) and much more with I’d never thought I’d have the time for. Two of my favourite things during the vacation was absolutely when we fed the squirrels in Green Park and when we went out parting at Piccadilly Circus.

I can really recommend going to London for vacation and I promise you won’t regret it!!