As I get ready to leave London and end this fabulous four weeks, I figure it's time for some fun.

It took me a while, and it was painstakingly difficult, but I compiled a top-10 list of the highlights of the trip. I considered not ranking the highlights because it's so difficult. It seemed as though each night in my journal I would write: "This was the best fill-in-the-blank I've ever seen/eaten/experienced/learned about." I did end up ranking them, because, well, it's more fun for you to read that way. But in the end, this is my list, and someone else may totally disagree.

Here goes. A top 10 in three parts:

10. Pret A Manger
I may start occasionally flying to New York on weekends, because that is the only place in the states that this godsend of a sandwich shop exists. It's relatively cheap at £3 (about $5) per sandwich, and it makes the best sandwiches, wraps and chips I have ever tasted. There are more Prets in London than Starbucks in Seattle, and for good reason. I've tried six different sandwiches, from roasted duck to classic BLT, and nothing, I mean nothing beats them.

9. The Globe Theatre
The acting there may have been sadly subpar, but the physical space itself lived up to all my expectations. The hard wooden benches, thrust stage, giant space for groundlings and open air send you right back to the 17^th century and make you a special part of each production.

8. The RSC's As You Like It
It's truly wonderful to sit in lecture in the afternoon, discussing critical elements of a play, and then, later that night, see actors who are fully conscious of all the subtle details you discussed hours earlier. This production was magical, hysterical, and full of life. I left the theatre that night in a better, happier state of mind than I entered with, humming the closing music as I strolled along.