Friday, July 16, 2010

Last full day in London

Quick post today.

Tower of London=incredible. Our tourguide was neat. The yeoman wanderers, (tour guides) actually live in the Tower of London with their families. They get locked in at 10 every night. He had all the kids up front and would keep them entertained. He made everyone have a lane so the kids could get to walk up in front and see everything.
Lunch= pizza, tea, and chocolate cake.

St. Paul's: beautiful. As Dr. Hank's wife said, the whole place had a unity of purpose about it. It was just perfect, there is no other way to describe it. In the back was a chapel dedicated to the American soldiers who died in World War II.
We went up to the top, and it was super windy. On the stairs down (257+191), I met a theory teacher who apparently knows Dr. Millar and Dr. Benegoph. Small world!
We then went to Wimbledon. We got a little bit lost, and we were 20 minutes late after the museum closed, but Christine, Brittany, and I had a wonderful time. We bought postage stamps, an adapter for me, and I bought some t-shirts and a polka dot teal dress with ruffles for 4 pounds from a thrift store.
Brittany got fish and chips, Christine got a beef pie, and I got a chicken and mushroom pie to eat on the tube back. I also got grapes. We peeled them on the subway (a 45 minute ride) since we couldn't wash them and I bought them off the street. Delicious. It even started a conversation with a Londoner. He said that the only people he had ever talked to on the Subway were Americans, but he was used to being hospitable because he was from the North-east. It's funny that the North-East are the Southerners of America apparently.

We walked across the Millenium bridge to get to the theater.
We then saw Henry IV in the globe theater. The opening act was quite lude, but I guess it was for the groundlings.

3 comments:

  1. Wonderful stories and beautiful pictures. I can just feel the breeze in the on the staircase. Safe travels to Oxford. You have a growing fan base here.
    Love, Mom
    p.s. I like your new dress!

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  2. Thanks! I have been having lots of fun writing this, too. I'm glad you enjoy it. :)

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