Sightseeing weekend in London

„Within only 2 days you’ll never get to see London!“, was what everybody told me when I decided to fly there for not even 3 days. Still I booked my flight there for Friday afternoon and back on Sunday midday. Guess what, I managed to visit all

important sights. This weekend was great! Sure, more time would’ve been better, but I enjoyed every minute in London. As I arrived at my hostel, I changed and went out to start my sightseeing rally. The London Eye, Buckingham Palace, Big Ben and the House of Parliament, China Town, Westminster Abbey, Tower Bridge and the Tower of London, St. Paul’s Cathedral and Piccadilly Circus within Friday night and all Saturday – you can imagine how exhausting that was, and it was worth it! There where so many impressions I caught up in a short time, taking pictures and being flashed by London’s beauty at the same time was fabulous! If you ever have the chance to visit London – do it! The city has so many different faces, from the biggest shopping malls to shabby shops around the corner, great bars to rather old-fashioned ones, nice parks and dirty streets, the flair is exceptional. When I’ve been there, the weather wasn’t as I thought (all rainy), it actually rained for some minutes only, lucky me :) There are no words to describe the feeling when you make a short trip like this for sightseeing, it is unbelievable and for sure a great experience.

What I have to add is the English spoken there – totally different from what I’ve heard in school before. The accent can be quite hard to understand sometimes, even though it is nearly clear, written English. They just pronounce words in a, for me, funny way, look up some youtube videos if you have time and just listen, it is strange! What I learned was, that the English language is not the same everywhere, ‘til then I was sure that only the Irish (read my next blog entry) had a weird way to speak English… Even when you think you are a good speaker of English it can happen that you don’t understand native speakers. Inform yourself a bit before going to Great Britain, America , Ireland or Australia :) 

The next time you don’t know what to do with your leisure time, 

visit London and : 

ENJOY YOUR JOURNEY !