We got back to our hostel to find another person sleeping in Lindsey's bed. The three of us went downstairs to the pub (because all London hostels are over top of pubs) to clear things up with the concierge/bar tender. There was a booking problem. Part our fault, part his fault, and he called the manager.
That is how we found ourselves at midnight, standing on the street (well, sidewalk actually) in London, with our bags, nowhere to sleep, because there was no place for us in the inn.
The hostel owner had pointed us in the direction of another hostel, and we started walking. We arrived and asked if they had any open beds. The owner looked at a list and frowned, "We do, but it's not the best situation" He proceeded to explain that there were 2 free beds, in a room with 7 guys. So in a matter of 30 minutes we had gone from being Mary and Joseph to Snow White...considering living with 7 men, because we had nowhere else to go. We were going to do it. It was 12:30 and we were exhausted from a LONG day of touring. But just as we were about to agree something changed, and all the sudden there was no room for us at this hostel either. Thankfully, this hostel owner was much nicer than the last, and he called another hostel for us. And within the next half an hour we were riding one of the famous London Double Decker Buses to a hostel ironically called "Surprise." Yep. But at least we had somewhere to spend the night, and by 1:30 we were checked in and in bed.
The next day we toured the Tower of London, with is really cool. A castle, a prison, the home of the biggest diamond in the world and a few ravens, it was truly amazing. We walked back across London Bridge, which thankfully didn't fall down...and we toured Shakespeare's Globe Theater, which was indescribably awesome. Thank you to all my English teachers for helping me learn to love Shakespeare. And then we checked out the Andy Warhol exhibit at a nearby art museum, thank you to my elementary art teacher for telling me who Andy Warhol is :) And that finished our time in London...
But ah, the troubles were not over yet....
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