Wax Celebrities, Surprisingly Fun

It is officially my last week in London before heading back to the States for the Holidays. Which I am beyond excited about. As my British flatmate put it, I go "mental" for Christmas (I denied it at the time, but it's totally true). Anyway, I am extremely psyched to go home, but it's also pretty great to be in London around Christmas. I've been frequently enjoying mulled wine at the outdoor markets, buying British gifts for everyone, and just seeing all the lights and Christmas trees everywhere. They get really into Christmas here, which I obviously think is great.

Because I'm leaving for three weeks I have been trying to do a lot of work, because God knows I won't be very motivated to do much when I'm home. But I did manage to have a fun Sunday afternoon since I wanted to take advantage of my last weekend in London for awhile. I met up with a friend of mine and a bunch of her flatmates (everyone from a totally different country--only in London) and we went first to Brick Lane which has an amazing vintage market. Unfortunately I am currently broke after doing all of my Christmas shopping, but I will definitely be returning there when I have some Christmas money to spend. We also had Indian food in Brick Lane because it's (apparently) famous for its curry. I'm not really a huge fan of Indian food but it was pretty delicious and they had chapathi--one of my favorite things from when I was in Kenya.

After Brick Lane, we went to Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum and got in for free because one of the girls works there (score!). It was far cooler than I thought it was going to be. I mean, I thought it would be fun to take pictures with the fake celebrities, but they have a lot more stuff in the museum. There's a dungeon section where people try to scare the crap out of you and there's a ride-type thing where they have a mini-history of London which was pretty cool. Plus I got my picture taken with James Bond, ET (red hoodie and bike included), Johnny Depp, and Iron Man, among others. Definitely a fun place to spend an hour or two.