UK trips #1 #2 - London and Cambridge

Over the last couple of weekends, I've taken advantage of being in the UK and started my explorations of different towns and cities. My first trip was to London where I spent the time with my mum, who was there on holidays. It was really great to see her and she took my friend and I out for lunch to a pub, where I had a really nice burger and curly fries. I'd never heard of curly fries before, but apparently they are a big deal here, so I tried them and sure enough, they were delicious. For those who were like me, and had no idea what they were, they are basically a fry that is curly (shock there) with seasoning on it which makes them taste like wedges.

our lunch

Later, we walked along the Thames, passing the Globe Theatre along the way and seeing Tower Bridge, St Paul's Cathedral and The Houses of Parliament in the distance. While in London, we also walked around Trafalgar Square and down to Buckingham Palace and we were so lucky with the weather, as it was blue skies and sunny. But my absolute favourite part of London was the area known as TheatreLand- there were theatres everywhere! It was incredible and walking around the streets, it reaffirmed why I chose to go to England to study. There were more theatres in just one street than in the whole of Australia it felt like. Mum and I also bought half price tickets to see 'American Idiot' which I was so excited about because: GREEN DAY!!!! A musical with the best Green Day songs (that include my favourite '21 Guns') is the best type of musical to see. I was so excited and I even got my mum excited about it too, which is skills on my part. However, when we arrived at the theatre, there was a note on the door saying that the day's session was cancelled due to numerous cast members being unwell... and that was deflating. But we did take a photo of the outside because it is a promise to myself that I WILL see 'American Idiot' while I'm here.

I decided to show this photo, because every time someone talks about London, we always see the typical iconic pictures. 

The following weekend, a couple of my friends and I spent the day exploring Cambridge, which is such a beautiful town, with such lovely old architecture. Now, most people who go to Cambridge go punting along the river Cam, taking in the surrounding colleges from the university: not us. Instead, we went on a food safari! Being the weekend, there was a market on, where there was a stall selling incredible looking homemade slices, so we bought a slice each (they were massive). I had the granola slice, which was so sweet and syrupy; amazing! We then had a falafel wrap each, which we bought from one of the street pop-up stalls which was also delicious. And then we went to a lollie shop, as well as a fudge shop (where I tasted a lot of different flavours before deciding on which flavour to buy) and then finishing the gastronomic excursion by going to a cafe and having scones with jam and cream. And the cream in England is beyond heavenly; it's so thick, thicker than butter. In Australia, we have cream, but it's nothing like that.

The lollie shop with the reflection of a college in the window