Spring Is Coming

Dear Everybody,

this weekend London was blessed with beautiful warm and mild weather. With spring approaching I spent a whole lot of time outside in the sun, which made me feel really happy and excited for the warmer months. 

On Saturday Celine and I wanted to visit the Shrek's Adventure Tour, but when we arrived there around lunchtime, we were told that the next tour started at 17:15. So we decided to eat our sandwiches in the Jubilee Gardens near the London Eye. It was great having like a little picnic overlooking the Thames and crowds of people walking along the Southbank. After we finished eating, we went for a nice and long walk through St James's Park, crossing The Mall and passing Buckingham Palace, continuing through Green Park, then passing through Wellington Arch and entering Hyde Park at Hyde Park corner. There we found an amazing tree to climb on and just were kids for the day, having a great laugh while 'conquering' the tree. It didn't take long and we were joined by some squirrels, who enjoyed being fed by us. We then kept walking along the Serpentine and before we walked all the way back, we bought ourselves an icecream each, which was just perfect in this weather.

In the evening we could finally go on our shrektacular adventure. They say the tour is for 6 to 12 years old kids, but believe me when I tell you, my 19 years old self had more fun than some of the kids did. During the tour you visit different locations and shops all over Far Far Away. You have to escape Rumpelstilzchen (which pronounced in English sounds incredibly funny to a German ear) and find Shrek to go back to London. What makes it so special is that everyone gets involved. Our group sang together, danced together and shouted 'Waffles!' together. It is just an overall laughing-out-loud experience.

On Sunday London started celebrating St Patrick's Day with a parade and festival on Trafalgar Square, which we joined for pretty much the whole day, after going out for lunch in Chinatown. I spent five hours dancing and singing with thousands of people in the sun, which was amazing. After three hours of being inside the crowd we even reached the front row somehow and were standing right in front of the stage, where amazing musicians performed continuously. Irish people know how to have a good time and I'm glad I experienced it on Sunday, because I can't go out on actual St Patrick's Day, which is Thursday. 

See you!