I went to Great Britain Too!!!

So after Ghana some friends and I arranged to have a seven day layover in London on our way home from Ghana.  It was so much fun.  Why? you ask well because first of all it is England!!! and I kept having these little literary moments when I thought oh my goodness this place I read about in books my whole life really does exist.  And it happened all the time, from the moment we got off the plane, took the Heathrow express and where did we end up?  Paddington Station!, and guess who was there?

Paddington Bear of course, I did not have any marmalade for him :(

 Then on our way to Scotland, our train left from Kings Cross Station.  You all know what that means, We took a little detour on the Hogwarts Express!

I always knew I was magical.

 When we were wandering the streets of London we came across Drury Lane, unfortunately we could not find a muffin man, I had ice cream from a French pastry shop instead.

But my favorite moment was in the British Museum.

This is Oliver in front of the British Museum 

 I walked into one room and it was set up like library from the 1700's and I felt like I was inside a Jane Austin book.  I couldn't help but smile.

 I liked going to England and Scotland, it felt like coming home, not just because of all of the familiar literary references, but I just felt like these are my people.  I also liked it because it was cool, I could wear my jeans again, and even needed a jacket.  How refreshing after Ghana.   But the reason I loved England and Scotland was because I went there with the two best travel companions I could possibly think of.  Oliver and Matthias.

Everyone should take a trip with Matthias and Oliver.   Here are the top ten reason why.

10.    They are guys so they always insist on caring your luggage for you.  It was very nice.

9.     Oliver arranged for us to stay with his mission companion who lives outside of London.  It was         awesome having a home base for our week of wandering.  (Unfortunately I did not take a single picture of them, but they were an awesome family, one of my favorite parts of the trip actually.)

8.     Matthias is super organized, and helped us keep track of all of our papers, tickets ect.  

7.     They are willing to work with Ghanaian airport employees at 1:30 in the morning who won't let you get on the plane because they cannot read your electronic ticket.  Oliver manged to get us onto the plane.  But there was a brief moment when I thought.  I am going to be stuck in Ghana for ever!!!!

6.     They will protect you from all of the dangers you find in Scotland and England

5.   They are excellent tour guides every morning they had an agenda laid out with places to see and the most efficient way to see them.  It was great.

4.    Oliver has mad map reading skills, and can get us about most anywhere.  There were moments when I thought we are completely lost, then we would turn the corner and be right where we were suppose to be.

3.     They go see Les Mis with you, and even seem kind of excited about it.

2.   They make you soup when you are sick in bed.  ( I came down with a cold my last day in Ghana, I felt awful on the plane on the way to London (there was one moment when I thought I might have malaria, but it wasn't it was just a cold, and no sleep), anyway by the time we were in Scotland it became bronchitis and it hurt so much to breath that I spent a day in bed, while they went to Stirling. They took very good care of me.)

1.    They make you hike up Arthur's seat even though you spent the whole day in bed, it hurt to breath, and you were going up the ancient volcano at a snails pace.  It was totally worth it when I made it to the top, and it was something I really wanted to do.  I am glad they came and got me out of bed and made me do it.

The sun setting from Arthur's Seat.

Thanks for the great trip guys!