Stairs and free stuff

I had already been to London before; however, that was a carefully planned trip with my parents, and this trip is quite the opposite. I was super excited to come back to London and when we arrived, in classic London fashion, it was raining. Due to Killian and Eden’s unfortunate delay the first day ended up being a free day to do whatever so I walked around and got a lay of the land near the hotel. The next day was a bit more eventful, after Killian arrived Ben, Killian, and I went to a pub for lunch and we ended up being the first customers ever there and so I got a free pint. After that we went to Leicester square via the tube. I had been on the tube before and was very familiar with the New York subway system so it wasn’t completely foreign to me but I definitely didn’t miss the overly crowded trains. That night we saw “Boys from the Blackstuff” at The National Theatre which was incredible. Earlier in the day Shawn talked about how in Russell Square station you can talk the stairs or the lift and how you may think that you can do the stairs but you can’t because there are 175 stairs, so coming back from the show I took the stairs. I started running up the stairs before the lift had opened, giving me a head start, but halfway my legs started hurting. Nevertheless, I persisted and even ended up beating the lift, but was completely worn out afterward. Today was an early start at St. Paul’s cathedral which was incredible and also had even more stairs to get to the top with 528 stairs; however the stairs were worth it because it led to an amazing view of the London skyline. Tonight we went to see “The Mousetrap” which was an incredible whodunnit show. At intermission I made a 10 pound bet on who it was and ended up being right. So far I’ve gone up 703 stairs and gotten about 16 free pounds with hopefully less stairs and more free pounds to come in the rest of the trip. I’m very happy with how this trip has been so far and I can’t wait to see what the rest has to offer.