The second day in the United Kingdom

Hi! Today I woke up in my huge bed, totally rested. I jumped up from the bed and wanted to capture the day right ahead. I felt how the whole body was screaming for a cup of coffee. So I brought myself down to Starbucks. It wasn’t far away from the hotel. So there I sat with the greatest coffee of the year, of course in the size extra large. It was a warm day, so I sat on the patios. I felt how the D vitamins were streaming in to my body that the sun was sending me from the sky. The energy was now in every part of my body.

I couldn’t feel better. I almost ran back to the hotel. I packed down all of my things as fast I could in a mess in my small bag. I took my bag and myself down to the car, there I pressed in the key and drew out in the beautiful city with all the windows down on the lowest level. So the wind was flying in my hair in the beat of Beautiful Day (Wrote by U2).

I was driving until I came to Warwickshire. There I was visiting Shakespeare’s birthplace.  It’s been welcoming visitors for over 250 years, which I think is really interesting. I actually have a secret fire inside of me, and that fire is burning for things that have been with us humans for centuries. And this is a great example. I’m very interested in quotations, and several of my favorites are made of the legend Shakespeare. You’re visiting the house for 1 hour; there you walk from room to room and at the same time gets interesting facts. Shakespeare's Birthplace is a fascinating house that offers a glimpse into Shakespeare's early world. It'sa special place that everyone should see at least once in their lifetime, if you have the chance.

When I was done walking around in Shakespeare's house I laid down in a park, 5 minutes walk from the house. There I was listening to my favorite music, with a paper with all of the best quotations of Shakespeare, thinking of life, and couldn't be more grateful for being in England for the very moment. 

Later on I checked in on a hotel called Best Western Falstaff Hotel, it costs me around 750 SEK for one night.  Then I saw a big poster in the exception, and it wasn’t just a poster. It was a poster with one of my favorite ‘’bands’’ namely, Icona Pop saying they were playing at a club in Warwickshire tonight. I was jumping up and down, the pulse were now on a higher level. I ran up to my new hotel room, felt how the smile were growing bigger and bigger. I picked out some clothes and was suddenly out on the streets again. I found the bar/club were they were supposed to play; it was full packed of people. There I bought myself a cheap hamburger (20 SEK), then the stomach were as satisfied as me. The smell of a sweaty, smoky little club and feeling that every muscle in your body were working to get yourself up and down, back and forward, over and over again to the beat of your favorite music. Tonight was one of the best nights in my life, so far.So I got home to the hotel quite late. But it doesn’t matter, because here I am, writing for you one of my best nights ever, and are now feeling that I’m about to fall asleep any minute. Hope you all are doing fine and I wish you lots of love!
Another blog-post is up tomorrow night, so beware!

Assuming all of the costs today:
Starbucks coffee 35 SEK
Visiting Shakespeare's birthplace costs me around 130 SEK
Hotel Room for one night 750 SEK
One Hamburger 20 SEK
Ticket to Icona Pop 120 SEK

Pictures of the day:

Shakespear's Birthplace

My hotel room

Icona Pop!

My first day in United Kingdom

Welcome to my travel blog!
This blog is going to be about me and my adventure when I’m out in the world and discovering new places. My first stop is England. I took an airplane from Arlanda airport 7 o’clock. The flight ticket cost around 2 500 SEK. The plane landed at the Heathrow airport around 10 o’clock, it was actually a good flight, and I slept the whole way, which was the first time ever I think. I took my bag and got out from the full packed airport, I’m not a favorite when it’s about a bunch of people around me. Later on I walked to the car rental next to the airport. I rented a car for four days. It costs me 4 000 SEK,  about 1000/SEK a day.

The first thing I did when I was driving my rented car, was to drive to the hotel where I was going to live for only one night. It was called London Kensington Olympia. A double room for one night costs me 1 400 SEK. Some of you maybe asks why I put down extra money on a double room? Well, here’s your answer. I prefer to sleep in a huge bed. I think it’s worth the money, if you’re glad and rested the morning after when you’re about to discover the country you’re in.

Later on I left the car at the hotel and walked around in the big city, London. The air was lukewarm, and the sun was shining high up in the sky. It was a perfect day to discover the city. My mood was on the top. And my feelings consisted of joy, happiness and exaltation. I jumped on a classic red sightseeing bus; it was a hop-on hop-off bus. The things I saw was: The London Eye, Big Ben, Piccadilly Circus and finally the London Bridge. Of course I sat on the roof of the bus, with the wind in my hair and the sunglasses on and the camera in my hands so I always have this wonderful memory with me. I really recommend you to hop on a sightseeing bus. They really show you the things you want to see, when they also tells you interesting facts.

The sightseeing took a lot of time, 2 hours. So the clock was about 2 o’clock. When I got off the bus I found a little classy café near a park, where I sat down with a cup of coffee for 25 SEK and red my favorite book, The Hunger Games.

Too bad the book kept my occupied at the café for hours.  But soon enough I walked around on the busy streets on the central square, namely Piccadilly Circus. This is one of the most famous places in London. The square was built 1819. Once the square was full of neon advertising, but now it’s only one building that has neon advertising. There also is one famous fountain on the square, named Eros. It was built 1893, and still is a famous tourist attraction.  So there I sat by Eros, eating some Take Away food looking at people who walked by, learning what London is all about. And I learned that it’s an active city but also very conservative. I walked back to the hotel later at night, watched some episodes of the Vampire Diaries and fell asleep with a smile on my lips after a great first day in the exiting United Kingdom.

Assuming all the costs of today, because I have 50 000 SEK to spend here in England for seven days.
Flight ticket - 2 500 SEK
Car renting – 4 000 SEK
Hotel, 1 night – 1 400 SEK
Sightseeing - around 250 SEK
Cup of coffee – 25 SEK
Take away food – 90 SEK


Photos I took during the day:
The London Eye

Big Ben


Picadilly Circus


On the bus

The London Bridge!
So that was it for the day! I will write another blog-post soon!
Lots of love!