LONDON: DAY 3

26 JUN, SUNDAY:
My final day in London was literally all over the place.  I knew I had to leave for Cambridge with Kate (we were meeting up at King's Cross Station), but that wouldn't be until around 2:00 PM.  What I really wanted to do more than anything was the British Museum since it's free and I am a huge Ancient Egyptian/Greek/Roman history nerd (thanks to my 6th grade history teacher).  I was incredibly disappointed to find in my London guide book that it is closed on Sundays (my luck of course).  I wanted to do something (since I had to check out at 10:00 AM) so I went to the Camden Markets thinking it would be fun.

It was a lot more touristy than I thought and I mainly did window shopping.  I did get 2 small presents for Hayley and Richard (you two will see what they are soon hehe) that were cheap and I couldn't help but get it for them.  I did a long walk from the Camden Underground Station to Morning Crescent Station.  I was pleasantly surprised on how old the station was (many other ones that I used were modernized to the nth degree).  It reminded me a lot of what it must have been like in the 1920s to the 1940s, and I love that time period. :) I took a lot more pictures than necessary, but I couldn't help it!

Morning Crescent Station was in a beautiful area.

The low ceilings and tube shape were very very cool!

I took the Tube to King's Cross again back to Clink 261 to maybe rest for an hour before meeting with Kate and friends at the train station (It was around 12:45).  I decided to just ask the receptionist at the hostel if the British Museum was open because I thought that MAYBE my handy guidebook could have been wrong.  Turns out, it was!  Even though I was already really tired from walking so much in Camden Markets, and I decided that I really did have to see the British Museum.

The first thing I did when I got in the area was visit Russel Square.  My parents stayed there about 10 years ago on their first trip to Europe ever.  They told me stories of getting lost and turned around before surrounding and buying a map and compass (My parents... the surveyors... getting lost! It's laughable. ;]).  Now I could see why because I was just starting to get a bit turned around.  Luckily I found the beautiful park.  It was incredibly humid (about 80%) and 85 F that day and I was just so uncomfortably hot.  A lot of girls were laying out in the sun lazily and many kids were playing in garden.  I took a picture of the map in case my parents will get lost the next time they go to Russell Square ;)

Russell Square's map.

Afterward it was just a quick walk to the British Museum.  I only had about 45 minutes to be in it before leaving for King's Cross so I decided to just do a 'crash' course and go everywhere I could as quickly as possible.  I was able to see all of the Egyptian, Greek and Roman artifacts, though not with as much detailed as I liked, so I can't wait to go back!  Also a really nice French couple took my picture for me in front of the museum :)

The British Museum!  It was so hot I could not imagine the people in the back wearing pants and jackets!

Even though I was so exhausted, tired, hot and sweaty, I pushed myself to get my luggage out of the storage (in the way back and the bottom of about ten 50 pound suitcases!) and make it in time to meet at King's Cross Station.  I met up with Sam and about an hour later (her flight got delayed) Kate joined us and we were off to Cambridge!  The people on the train were so incredibly polite and nice.  They helped all of us with heavy luggage and putting it away for the 45 minute train ride.  It was great. :)

For the next 5 weeks my posts will be all about my times at Pembroke College and the adventures I go on with my friends!  I am so excited to finally be in school here. :)