Amsterdam to London

Today, we had to get on the bus for 730. Before we left, we had to say goodbye to a handful of people who were staying in Amsterdam instead of going to London. It was kind of sad, actually. It's quite the turnaround from where I was during the first 10 days of the trip where I really didn't like most of the people on the bus. As we were all together longer, I started to like everybody and more and ended up making a few good friends. I still dont think I would ever do another Contiki despite having fun. It's not goodbye, it's until next time. Everybody is Australian, so when I go there I'll have lots of places to stay for free. We got on the bus and left for the ferry in France. We drove through the Netherlands part of Belgium and into France all before noon. It's pretty crazy how fast you can get around in Europe. Except because the UK is no longer part of the EU, we had to go through customs. We sat stationary on the coach for almost 5 hours, waiting for the coaches ahead of us to get through. This was so painful. We actually ended up missing our ferry over to London because of the line. We weren't even close. We had to wait for another couple of hours after it left. We finally got through and took the later ferry. The ferry was massive. It's the closest vessel I've ever been on to a cruise ship. Pearse said it felt like a cruise ship. We were on it for a couple of hours, just wasting time with the remaining members from the Contiki. When we docked, we got back on the coach for the last time. We had another 3 hour drive. It was a fucking long day of travel. On the way to London, Bec passed the mic around to everyone and gave us a list of things to touch on favorite memory, favorite location, favorite bar/club, favorite added experience, and give a shoutout to somebody. It was pretty fun to hear everyone's stories and differences of opinions. I was also mentioned in quite a few stories and shouted out a couple of times, which felt pretty cool that I had a positive effect on so many people's trip. After that, we still had a little ways to go before London, but when we finally got there, everyone said their goodbyes and hugs before going their own ways. Even Pearse and I are separating for a few days, so we said bye, and I went to my hostel. On the way there, I got invited to go to dinner with some people. So we met up at a burrito restaurant just down the road from my hostel. We completely filled this burrito restaurant. There were only 2 guys there to make about 20 burritos, so I think they were a little annoyed lol. After about an hour, we all said goodbye for the last time. I went back to my dodgy little hostel for bed. I didn't take a single photo or video today.Read more