Cheeeeeeeers!!!

Day 6...

After a night of chilling in the hotel, it was our first morning to spend in London sightseeing. We were all very excited because it was a beautiful day with the sun shining, although it was a bit chilly. After a very fulfilling breakfast, we headed over to the train stop. The train dropped us off at the london tower and we walked along the Thames. David our tour director explained us about the buildings around us. He mentioned on one of the bridges which was named after I believe a king Henry? and said how that spot is where the King saw how much the city has grown.

We then were allowed to walk off in groups and meet up in front of the train station in the late afternoon to catch a 3 hour bus tour of London. Before the tour most of us visited the modern musuem. It had a lot of weird exhibits. Such as this sculpture of a "little person" standing in front of a pool table that was lit from a lamp...or birds arrowed to the wall...some pretty freaky stuff but interesting.

Eventually we all met everyone and jumped on the bus. We saw a lot of the old buildings. St. Paul's was absolutley gorgeous...I've never seen anything like it before. It was pretty cool to see where Princess Diana was married. We went on London Bridge and took pictures in front of the bridge towers. I never knew London had broadway shows until we passed a street full of them. I got all excited to see they had a "Dirty Dancing" broadway show because that is my favorite movie. Got to see the Westiminster Abby and Big Ben!!

The coolest part of the tour I believe was Buckingham Palace. It is soooo crazy to be there. I mean the Royals own the most beautiful park in the city. I couldn't beleive the guards are trained not to laugh..and they did a good job of keeping a straight face. I don't know how they do it??? We all took pictures with them and then walked down the street to where the palace stood.

The tour ended soon after and we were dropped off around a bunch of shops. We had about an hour of free time to walk around and shop and then met up for fish and chips.

The fish and chips were actually really good and that is what London is known for(at least that's what the locals said). During the dinner most of us decided to take a walking tour of Jack the ripper. What a mistake that was. We were already tired from walking since 8 in the morning and this tour was a 2 1/2 walking tour!!! If I would of known...I would of hopped on the next train back to the hotel. We didn't get back to the hotel till probably around 9 ish and I went straight to bed!!! We all had free time the next day and it was Tamika's Birthday!