House, Washable Markers, and everything else in between.

Nightlife in London is an incredible thing with something for everyone. In the UK, happy hour can frequently turn into a night out at the pub, moving from place to place until most neighborhood pubs 11 p.m. licenses stop them from selling any more alcohol. Of course, you can always find another place open a bit later if you don't mind missing that last tube train. 

In all honesty, I am not a huge party-er. Back home I barely went out during college, and now post-graduation I've become even less of a clubber. But I'm in London... and when you're abroad, rules can and should go out the window. And besides frequenting pubs after work, at and after dinner, London has a never ending supply of things to do after hours.

House is the predominant music choice in London, though a fair amount of hip-hop and American Top 40 makes its way into the clubs. Famous places like Ministry of Sound devote every room of the place to different kinds of house remixes, from live bands to the traditional dj mixing songs high above the crowd. In other clubs, it can feel like you've never left home with Katy Perry and Justin Bieber's latest hits seemingly on repeat. While "California Girls" was a definite favorite in every club, the song of the summer across the pond? ... www.youtube.com/watch

The single most touristy place we went this summer? More than any club in Leicester Square or even Tuesday nights at Sports Cafe (beer pong tournament and all) was Absolut Ice Bar. An entire bar made of ice, from the walls to the bar to the glasses. They gave us "fur" ponchos to keep warm and any drink on the menu (made with Absolut vodka of course). Some nights you just have to accept that you're a tourist and have some fun with it.

On the opposite spectrum of authentic London fun, a group of the other interns and I walked down a couple of blocks from the Nido to the unassuming Scala. Kristen, who worked at Red Bull UK this summer, texted us from inside telling us how amazing it was. £10 cover later and we walked into an old theatre filled with screaming, markered Londoners ready for Underground Rebel Bingo. Yes, that's right, bingo. Everyone had markers and bingo cards; of course the markers were used to draw the hilarious and occasionally obscene drawings on friends and absolute strangers. Highlight of the night: a remix of "Circle of Life" finished off with gold confetti falling from the ceiling. 

Only in London...