A funny thing that happened when we went through airport security was that when I took off my scarf, it got caught up in my earring and when I pulled it, the earring fell. It wasn't so funny then, I was desperate to find it. But happily it fell in my pocket and after a couple of minutes of searching, I found it.

The flight was alright, quite tiring and when we arrived in London we went straight to bed.

The next day we visited Madame Tussauds, which was my favorite part of the trip. My favorite celebrity I’ve seen there was Harry Styles. He looked almost real. Outside the museum, there was a ginormous poster with him that said “Harry’s Home”.

I’ve also tried to go through the horror rooms there with my sister. In every room there was a story of a murderer, explained by a guide. We got scared and left by the fourth room. I was terrified, because there was a man dressed as one of the criminals and it frightened me because he was moving, with no facial expression, quite angry I’d say. And there were speakers that played awful sounds, just to scare you. Interesting idea… not for me though. I’m not a big fan of horror related things.

Later, we passed by Buckingham Palace. The gate was huge, and several guards were patrolling in front of the palace. They were armed and everything. They looked kind of funny because of the tall feather hats.

In London there is a cupcake shop, Lola, that has the best cupcakes I’ve ever tasted. They have a ton of different flavors, but my favorite is Red Velvet. They are just delicious. Too bad we don’t have a shop like this. Or, I just haven’t discovered it yet.

We’ve also walked across London Bridge and went to see Big Ben.

London Bridge. Image: Alexandrescu Alexandra.