Londres

Londres = London.

~English, what a foreign language.

Hello my loves!

Well we have got plenty of catching up to do, don't we? I have had a rockin past few days! [-now much longer as I never finished writing this post...]

Friday, March 11 2011:

Turned twenty-one years old.

Therefore, Thursday night I took off to see my best friend/soul mate, Megan Dale Marie Dodson. Upon arriving at the Stansted airport in London-ish (it's an hour out of the city), I realized that my Spanish cell phone does not function outside of Spain. So while I was waiting in line in Customs for hours, all I could do was pray that Megan had stuck around to pick me up.

My prayers were answered!! I cross through the glass doors and there she was waiting for me, adorable fake glasses, smile, and sign that read, "Michelle Cook" with hearts on it. I jumped into her arms/she jumped into mine. We almost cried but then pulled ourselves together. We're dignified cosmopolitan women now, and such shows are certainly not allowed. In public, at least.

We took the bus from Stansted to London and checked into our hotel for the night. A little scary at 4am, won't lie. A Russian greeted us at the front desk with sarcasm: "Nice time to check in". But with his accent it sounded more like this: "I vill kill you as you sleep tonight". Checked in, moved into our bedroom. Gigantic bed. Huge. Humungous.

Fast forward to Friday. Walk all around London visiting famous touristy sites. Included Buckingham Palace, Tower Bridge, taking the Tube, Big Ben, Westminster Alley or whatever that place is called, Parliament. Basically we were everywhere. Came home, took an excellent three hour nap and then ate pub food for dinner. Got ready with Megan, played some songs off of Alex's Overplayed List (freshman year going out music, hell yeah), and then went to a few clubs. Rode home on the top floor of a double decker bus. Listened to American girls play out the stereotype that gives the rest of us a bad rep. Meg and I enjoyed blatantly making fun of them. Stupid girls. But Fun birthday!!

Saturday was more of a typical Megan/Michelle day. We walked over to Hyde Park (I think that's the name) and strolled there for hours. Finally found a nice bench, sat down, and talked. This is our life together. I swear we're an old married couple. Later we walked to Oxford Street and did a little damage on the old monetary funds. So many people. We quickly spent our people tolerance. That's what I love about us. We have the same very low tolerance for people. Sorry, I like my space. Bought two adorable dresses though. Returned home. Napped again, score! After deciding to stay in, we tuned into Jurassic Park (in English!!!) and shocking London television programs and she made me spaghetti. Loved it.

Sunday was pretty much was a travel day. But included some amazing french sandwich thingy at the train station to get from London to Stansted Airport. Also listened to Gallego-a mix of Spanish/Portuguese. Interesting fo sho fo sho. Oh and also, got to have a giant Starbucks coffee every morning without breaking bank. TRY THE GREEK YOGURT THERE

Greek yogurt + honey + granola = It will change your life.

Over-under?

Awesome weekend with my best friend :)