My friend and I combined our short Málaga excursion with our program with a trip to London.  Since we didn't have as much time as would have liked, we took a bus tour, which was efficient in getting to the major attractions.  We were able to hop on and off at the different stops while the tour provided a good history lesson.  We went and stopped at all the major sites we really wanted to see up close and personal too.  We walked across the Tower Bridge and we were able to take a canal tour from the bridge to the London Eye.  We were also lucky enough to watch the Broadway show "I Can't Sing."  I'm not familiar with the show "X Factor," which the play was based of off, but I still thought the show was hilarious.  If you can definitely watch a show and enjoy what the city has to offer!  

Accommodations

  • We stayed at Travel Joy Hostel and it was great because they provided free breakfast with an omelette and pancake station

Restaurants

  • You can find pretty much any type of food in London so it depends what you're into
  • Go to Nando's if you can!
  • In Spain there is no Chipotle.  However, there are a few in London so my friend and I pigged out here
  • We also ate really good Italian food at Bella Italia, which is across from the London Palladium

Cultural Activities

  • London is a massive city with so many iconic attractions so splurging on a bus tour is great because you can hop on and off of any bus
  • Go to the Tower Bridge and the London Bridge. Many people confuse the two but they're right next to each other
  • Take a picture in one of the red phone booths by Big Ben and Westminster Abbey 
  • After those two, walk through St. James Park to get to Buckingham Palace
  • You can continue your stroll through Hyde Park and end at Kensington Palace
  • If you like tennis, then definitely go to the Wimbledon Tennis Museum
  • Take a ride on the London Eye
  • If you can, see a Broadway show or a show at Shakespeare Globe
  • There are markets throughout London with great food and clothes

Clubs/Bars

  • We're not quite sure how but we ended up at Grosvenor Casino but we did.  It was nice because they had an area that overlooked Leicester Square
  • The clubs/bars in London can get really expensive as well so definitely look into doing a Pub Crawl 

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