London on 7/7 anniversary

This weekend was spent in London... it was grand.
Thursday: Flew with Ryan Air ... man, that was certainly a trip...definitly so cheap bc of their lack of "frills" like i dont know it was necessary to board the plan on the tarmack via staircase...hhaha. plus there are no free peanuts..damn it!!
Our flight arrived around 11, it is then necessary to take a train for 45 minutes to london and then we took an underground to Kings Cross station to get to our hostel. By the time we arrived at our hostel (Ashlee House), it was about 1. The hostel was very decent. We had a 10 person room...which actually wasnt as bad as i imagined it might be....although some found it extremely difficult to relax....poor travelors...hahha. The only real disturbance of the night was the sleep talker who felt the need to yell out "super nudey"...hahha.. hilarious.

Friday:It was the anniversary of the bombings in London last summer. Super intense. We got up early and began the day with some breakfast. We then bought day passes for the underground..i think that is a very good idea...saved us some money and made getting around much simpler. The stop near our hostel (Kings Cross) is actually one of the places that a bomb went off.They are still working on repairing it fully but its definitly functional. We took the tube to Westminster stop. We saw Big Ben, (which we were actually standing next to when the moment of silence to commerate those who lost their lives in the bombings took place.) the Westminster Abbey and chapel. The Parliment Square...and after many misguided attempts The Buckingham Palace...which by the way isnt nearly as impressive as you would imagine it to be. Then after eating lunch, we headed to Oxford street, where there is grand shopping. So many stores...actually torturous bc i am broke again. Then we headed back to the hostel for a nap..and then out for the nite to canary wharf. Canary wharf is in the financial district of London...many people in business suits and dresses. It was a really savage area. We had a drink or two there and then headed back to the pubs around our hostel. I dont find the little pubs as friendly as I do in Dublin.