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Published: July 12th 2014
Rebecca on Videy Island
Rebecca on Videy IslandWe're now in London! And I'm eating Cadbury chocolate (yum). On our last full day in Iceland, we bought 24 hour Reykjavik Welcome Cards, which gave us free access to buses, geothermal spas, and various museums. We started the day by taking a ferry to Videy Island to see the Imagine Peace Tower. The weather was beautiful that day, and we enjoyed walking on the paths and grass around the Island. After heading back to Reykjavik, we went to the Reykjavik Settlement Museum and the National Museum of Iceland. That night, we relaxed in geothermal pools a few blocks away from where we were staying.
On Monday, we flew to London. We were hoping that someone on Couchsurfing would be able to host us, but everyone (at least as of now) has been busy or hosting other people. So we ended up booking a hotel after we landed, and we've been staying at inexpensive hotels and hostels for the past few days.
On our first day in London, we did a free walking tour of Westminster City. We learned that London has multiple cities within it, and the City of London is only about one square mile. The tour
Max on Videy Island
Max on Videy Island started at Covent Gardens, and we walked to Trafalgar Square, St. James Palace, Buckingham Palace, St. James Park, Horseguards Parade, Westminster Abbey, and Westminster Palace, learning bits of history about each place. After eating lunch we walked around the area by ourselves for a while. That night, we went to a Couchsurfing event at a pub. Although we didn't find anyone to host us, we had fun talking to people.
The next day, Wednesday, we spent visiting free museums before attending another Couchsurfing event (we still have yet to find a host). We started off by traveling to the South Kensington underground station. We initially were going to go to the Natural History Museum, but the line was so long we decided to skip it and go to the Victoria and Albert museum next door. We then walked over to Harrods, where we marveled at the items for sale and their prices. There was a purse on sale for £2000 and small, working toy cars (that go up to 20 mph) that cost almost £40,000! After finding our way out, we went to Trafalgar Square and the National Gallery, buying 3 day London Passes while in the area. Our
Max in front of Imagine Peace
Max in front of the Imagine Peace Tower final museum of the day was the British Museum, where we saw the Rosetta Stone, pieces of the Parthenon, and a bust of Peracles (Max was particularly excited about this). After this long, tiring day (our feet felt like they were about to fall off), we rested for a few hours before going off to the Couchsurfing event.
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