Day 3: London, England (Sunday, August 10th)

After a 4am wake up call and only a few hours of sleep, we made it to the airport just in time to catch our flight to London! I typically can't sleep on planes but I was exhausted and slept the entire 3 hour flight. This jet-lag business is no joke. We're all still pretty tired but I'm definitely feeling better!

From the airport we took a train to Hyde Park and nearly ran from the station to make it to a 1 o'clock sacrament meeting. It was so neat walking out and seeing this right in the middle of London:

I love that no matter where in the world you are, going to church always makes you feel right at home because of the sweet spirit there. The chapel we were in is extra special for me because my parents had many conferences and baptisms there during their missions. I loved being there!

Because of our early start, none of us had eaten a proper breakfast so we were all starving and needed something ASAP. Tom was familiar with a yummy place called Nando's so we were excited to try it. The ten or so minute walk to lunch was great because we were able to get our first true glimpse of the city and it didn't disappoint! I felt like we were in a movie rather than actually walking around a place I'd seen so many pictures of. As we were walking, we were commenting on how perfect the weather was with just a few clouds and a slight breeze when out of nowhere it started pouring! The rain stopped shortly after and it was quite nice the rest of the day. I guess we were just getting a true welcome to the city!

After lunch we took a train and bus to check out our hostel and drop off our backpacks. Welcome to The Crown!

It's actually a cute little place above a bar and we have the lovely pleasure of sharing it with 15 other people!

Once we got settled in we took off to Piccadilly Circus and walked up and down the streets for awhile and through some of the shops. I loved all of the neat architecture of the buildings and I'd venture a guess that Logan's favorite thing was constantly seeing cars like this: 

He was in heaven! It's easy to see the pure joy on his face as he watched the cars as long as he could:

As we walked, we saw so many interesting people including these two...

After walking around for awhile (I tried enjoying as much as possible without taking a picture of everything we saw), we decided to walk through China Town and find a restaurant to eat a late dinner at. After walking by each restaurant for what felt like hours and even sitting down in one before leaving, our fatigue got the best of us and nobody wanted to make a decision about where to eat so we settled for...Burger King! Yes, we came all the way to Europe and ate at Burger King. At least it was cheap.

On our way back to the train station I saw this sign and couldn't help but take a picture:

Anyone know where in Harry Potter you hear that name? Gotta love being in Harry's neck of the woods!

Aside from the one brief rainstorm, the weather really was quite nice today considering how miserable I've heard it can be here.

Well, that's it for day three! London was as great as I hoped/thought it would be and I can't wait for tomorrow!

Tomorrow: 2nd day in London