long overdue london weekend

so ive been dreading putting up this final post because i knew it would be lengthy. i guess ill give a brief recap of my awesome last weekend in europe with Jessica-Phillips in London. i left bilbao on the 18th of December and flew to london. JP wasnt getting there until the next day so i made my way to her aunts flat alone. of course my luggage started to break so it was a lot of fun getting it on and off the tube once again. i guess my trip wouldnt have been complete without one last luggage failure. i was exhausted and sore so i spent the night in and just relaxed. JP wasnt getting in until later so I went to Abbey Road and Oxford Street during the day. JP's flight was cancelled so she was sent on a wild goose chase to find another way to london. she ended up flying to birmingham and then taking a train to london. I was so happy to see her! it was almost like we were back in August just starting our trip together. i couldnt have thought of a more perfect way to end my semester than in the place where it started with one of my best friends! we saw billy elliot!!!! (we literally had to run before they locked us out of the theater because we were a bit late!) and then we rode the double decker bus around and looked at all of the christmas lights. sunday was jam packed. we shopped up and down oxford street and saw even more decorations, we went to the Winder Wonderland in Hyde Park, we made our way back to notting hill and had a strawberry beer in our favorite pub then we attempted to find the street where the movie "notting hill" takes place on but were given the wrong directions by a disgruntled local ha. we rode another bus around and got off at a random stop where we saw a tube station. we took the tube to kings cross and saw Platform 9 3/4! once again, a security officer thought we were idiots. when we asked him where it was he responded "o, you mean the half a trolley sticking out of a wall." YES! that is exactly what we meant. i didnt know the next time i would be in london so i wanted to see everything i could. we headed back and packed for our day of traveling. we got to the airport early, which was good then embarked on what seemed like the longest flight EVER!!!!!! i watched so many movies/tv shows and didnt really sleep at all. we got to atlanta and went through a very thorough customs process then waited for our next flights. at that point my tiredness really hit me. the flight to new orleans was ok, i was so ready to be off planes by then. when i walked out into the arrivals i was so delirious i didnt even see my family with the huge banner until they yelled my name haha. i cant really put into words how i felt.i dont think i could explain it really. here are the pictures from the weekend. enjoy!