Worth the wait!

So after a year has flown by, it is already time to back to my second home in Gulu-town. For me, the only bummer was that there was no layover in London this year. We only had an hour or so to get on another plane in Heathrow, so there would be no opportunity to tour. I had to stay the night in New York because we had an 8:00 flight to Heathrow the next morning. Luckily, I met Lindsey (one of our awesome leaders) and we stayed at a hotel. I probably would have been lost without her! We dragged ourselves out of bed at 4:30 in the morning and headed back to the airport. As we walked up to greet Catherine and Nick, we were told that our flight was delayed. The reason that this was a problem was because our layover in Heathrow was only an hour and a half, which meant that we were going to miss our flight to Uganda. It all worked out though, because British Airways put us on a flight the next night and put us up in a hotel in London. So a few of us got up early and hit up the city. Before we took The Underground (mind the gap) we bought tickets that would allow admission to any of the historical places. We saw Big Ben first, then headed to Westminster Abbey (yes, where Wills and Kate were just married…SO EXCITING!!!). We got an audio tour of Westminster and learned a ton of awesome things. One of the ceilings is actually a world wonder, Chaucer and a ton of other amazing writers are buried there, and the body of the unknown warrior….it was incredible. We also hit up a couple of local pubs, and a “scary” tour of the catacombs of London, which taught us a lot about London Bridge. Then we went and toured the Globe Theater, which was so exciting for Lauren and me because we are such English nerds. We wrapped up our day in London by hitting up Buckingham Palace….You know, a typical Monday. ;O)