Where Do Broken Hearts Spain

Look at that skyline!

So, our trip to London! At this point in the semester, we don't have a whole lot of time left, so we had to make the most of what we've got! For that reason, we scheduled a nine-hour layover in London before flying back to Madrid, so we got the day to explore!

Rubbing elbows with the rich and famous!

We flew into the London City Airport and took a surprisingly quick metro (tube?) ride into Central London, where we started our day at the Tate Modern on the banks of the Thames! Great museum, although I gotta say the plain, all-gray canvases are not really my thing. To each her own, I guess.

Gorgeous weather!

Famous dead people are buried here!

There was a Christmas market right outside the museum, so we checked that out, got a roasted potato/veggie thing from the market to eat on the go, and set off across the Millennium bridge past St Paul's Cathedral and towards the London Eye. Past that, we walked towards the Houses of Parliament, where we posed for a quick pic with Big Ben!

Were we allowed to take pics in here???

That's famous art!

We strolled past Westminster Abbey, got close to Buckingham Palace, but ended up going in the opposite direction towards the National Gallery, where we spent a very enjoyable half hour or so checking out the Monets, the Van Goghs, The Renoirs, and one of Gericault's sketches for The Raft of the Medusa, which we just saw in the Louvre last weekend! So that was pretty cool.

Classic tourist shot!

Christmastime at Fortnum and Mason!

After the National Gallery, we checked out Fortnum and Mason's, where we bought a pricey but INCREDIBLE fudgey brownie to eat as we walked to Harrods by way of Piccadilly Circus. The Christmas window displays are amazing, lots of weird puppets doing festive things.

Then we caught the train from Victoria to Gatwick for our 7pm flight back to Madrid and were back in our Salamanca apartment by 11!