London

The past two days we have been in London, England. The 9 hour flight was painful, but definitely worth it. Within the first hour here i have discovered that the people arent as polite on the streets; however, the store clerks are incredibly friendly. Yesterday we visited Piccadilly Circus and the National Gallery. I absolutely love that all the museums are free to the public to go in and out of. Piccadilly Circus was moderately tame since it was Good Friday and as was the National Gallery. The National Gallery was GIGANTIC! I ventured into maybe 25 rooms of paintings and didnt even come close to half. That evening we had some delicious fish and chips which was really exciting because its my family tradition to eat fish and chips on Good Friday. Today we met our London tour guide, Wendy. She was an interesting woman and knew a ton of history about every building we passed. We visited Byckingham Palace and watched the changing of the guards, it was a parade of guards on foot and horse back with a marching band of bagpipes. Buckingham Palace was fantastic, but personally i prefered Windsor Palace. Sadly, there was no photography allowed in Windsor Palace, but it was very impressive. The architecture of London is incredible to see and the coolest part of Windsor was that the Queen was there as well, for Easter weekend. After this adventure we went back to Piccadilly to shop around and i was shocked by the lack of Sherlock and Doctor Who merchandise. It was almost horrifying. We had dinner and the trendiest restaurant, Tigertiger, there was crazy colourful lights everywhere and the burgers were delicious! We then visited Tower Bridge. Tower Bridge is London Bridge, but i learned that it is in fact not the true London Bridge. The true London Bridge is apparently somewhere in Arizona! The bridge was still very impressive and beside it was the home of the Royal Jewels. We are finally on the train home and it is 9 pm, but probably about lunch time for you. We happened to land on the weekend that England has their spring tomechange, so thaaaats great. Tomorrow we head off to Paris via the Eurostar for more adventures and french practice opportunities! I just pray for free WiFi somewhere!