London Calling

Bloody Good Times in London with Group 3's very own Chuck McCarthy
(with special guest appearance from Group 2's Ryan Barto)

This is not a Frites shop

Just throwin' up the official
Group 3 sign

In a land where signs and menus are all in English, one can only have but so bad a time in London. After 4 weeks of blindly navigating the streets of foreign countries and ordering food from Dutch menus, praying that you get served chicken, it was a breath of fresh air to be a capable individual once again. Another great part about London was that their food is a lot closer to what we are used to eating in America. So, upon arrival, we set out to find the most American food one can get, Chipotle Mexican Grill. After getting our fill of home, we went on to visit some of London's most impressive and famous structures. We visited Big Ben, The London Eye, Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace, and finished off the day with Tower Bridge. The next morning, after eating as many free croissants as possible at the hotel, we took a trip to Olympic Park. To our surprise, it was not very close to being done. With the Olympics about a month or so away we thought for sure it would be nearing completion. Unfortunately, due to all the construction, we were not able to get very close at all. Later that day, we headed over to Abbey Road Studios. Here we took pictures imitating the famous Beatles album cover which was very very cool. However, the pictures were not super easy to get. There were a bunch of people all lined up to cross the famous crosswalk; trying to get the perfect snapshot, while at the same time trying not to get taken out by a double decker. And take it from me, there are a lot of great places to get your picture safely taken and the middle of the street is certainly not one of them. And finally, the main reason for our trip to London, Saturday night's show at the O2 Arena. One of my favorite bands, blink-182, was playing there. The venue was one metro stop away from our hotel so about an hour before show time we laced up our party shoes, put our rock'n'roll game faces on, and hopped on the metro. The show was an absolute blast. The guys played a great set and we couldn't have had more fun. When we woke up Sunday to begin our journey home we thought to ourselves, "Say it ain't so, I will not go." But we both knew we had no choice so we turned the lights off and carried ourselves home. Na na na na na na na na na na.

Abbey Road
Chuck "McCartney"

blink at the O2 Arena