Isle of Man to London (Norwich)

So after a crazy 18 or so hour day of travel from our campsite at 5am on the Isle of Man to our hostel in London we caught up on sleep on a very lazy first day in London.  It was pouring rain most of the day, so we did some planning and laundry-- the usual things on our days off.  The next day we had a three hour bus ride to Norwich, where we were meeting a girl named Danny we had met in Bulgaria a couple months ago.  She invited us to a music festival for the weekend, so we packed up and headed out.

It was equally rainy and windy in Norwich, so we decided to skip camping and spend the night at Danny's apartment in Norwich.  We had a great time just catching up and seeing her town.  The following morning we got our gear together and headed to the festival.  It's called "Lockstock" and was essentially in front of a pub in the middle of open fields, cows and all.  We had a great day listening to the local folk bands, meeting new people, and camping out.  The next day we headed back to her place and after a quick nap and shower, got a bus back to London.

Lockstock

A gift from Danny's friend, Abbie

Ahhhh!

Danny and Elliot

Our next couple days in London were great, although still really rainy and cold (it definitely doesn't feel like June there).  We were sad we missed Stephanie as she headed back to the states already, (but glad we got to see her in Lyon!) so we stayed with a couple of her old flatmates who were incredibly kind and welcoming.  We had a great two nights in London and spent our one full day at the Natural History Museum (so awesome), seeing all the other big "sights" in London, and cooking some Thai food.

Rainy London

Natural History Museum

Dinosaurs instead of gargoyles.  Love it.

Today I learned Big Ben refers to the bell, not the clock tower itself

Another tourist in front of Westminster Abbey

St James' Park

Made for the Queen's Jubilee, which we had just missed by a couple days.  Fancy.

Queen's house

The Mall leading to Buckingham Palace

 All in all a great day, sad to leave but we're ready for our next flight.  Unfortunately I think the moving around and bad weather kind of got to us, we're both fighting off colds, but nothing a little time in the sun can't fix--- SPAIN next!!