Winter Travels Part 6 - The End

I flew from Sevilla to London to see my friend Erin. She is an engineer from San Francisco but currently is working on a project in London. The directions to her apartment were simple and I found it quickly. Luckily I have been to London before but what makes getting around easy is that everything is in ENGLISH! That is nice for a change sometimes. I got to her place but she was not home. Oops, miscommunication somewhere. No problem, she texts me where to meet her. I get back on the tube and 2 HOURS LATER I'm back on the surface like a mile away. There was a ton of construction on the lines so many routes were stoped or changed. I got on, off and turned upside down so many times i felt like I was in some horrible video game level you can't beat. Once again I was very thankful that I packed so light.

I finally met up with her and we took a walk through Hyde park. Here is an old couple out for their evening metal detector walk.

Erin had a sweeeeeeet company apartment in central London. I'm sure it would cost thousands to rent but Accenture hooks it up. I actually didn't get to spend much time with Erin since I was only there two days and she is a busy busy girl. She is a great cook and has a soft couch. Thanks Erin, You Rock!

I spent my one touristy day in London walking around and visited two of my favorite museums ever: The Inperial War Museum and the Tate Museum of Modern Art. On the way to the museums I passed Big Ben and the London Eye:

This thing is awesome!

I like the war museum not because I like war but because I like the rich history and amazing technology. Tanks also work as back scratchers.

Then it was on to the Tate. You cant take pictures inside the showrooms but you can in the main hall. The featured piece was a towering set of tube slides!!! I rode the top one!! It was fast!! I want one!!!

Randomly in the Museum I ran into an English friend of mine who studies in Sweden. Weird! We then walked along the Thames river to tower bridge. No this is not London Bridge!

We went our seperate ways and I was on a plane back to Sweden the next day.

Overall during my month long trip I spent only $850. That included all flights and food and housing and...everything. Thank you sooooo much to those who helped, housed, fed, or otherwise made my trip kick ass. I owe you big time!

Over and out,

Mike