It's been such a busy week and I havent had a free chance to blog about what's been going on so here's a week's recap while I procrastinate packing for Paris:
Monday! Stonehenge & Bath
Monday morning we were up bright and early to board the coach to Stonehenge & Bath for our British Culture & Society class. We had about an hour and a half drive to Stonehenge where we got out and toured around. Stonehenge in itself is an amazing feat and definitely deserves the title of one of the wonders of the ancient world. It's insane how someone actually moved those huge rocks. Feel free to ask my dad about his alien theory regarding how the rocks got there. After getting some delicious chocolate ice cream and a postcard we boarded the bus back and headed to Bath. Since I've been traveling so much lately I have learned the art of sleeping in any conditions so I used our transport time to catch up on some much needed rest.
Once we arrived in Bath we immediately had free time to go get some lunch before our walking tour. We ate at a nice pub in the center of Bath and met up with our class to go on our tour. Our tour guide was an older lady who was a resident of Bath who did the tours for fun. We were shown around the city, and were able to see the Royal Crescent, the Assembly Rooms, the river, and ended our tour at the Roman Baths where we had an audio guide tour through. Afterwards we still had time to go and taste the water of Bath.. just as they told us it tasted like warm water with a hint of iron. Not exactly something you'd want twice. Mom, Dad, Leslie, & Mike had just arrived to Bath when I was getting ready to leave but we did get time to take a family photo infront of the Bath Abbey and tour inside of it. We made it back safely to Seething Wells where I packed up some stuff for overnight in London and did some homework before I met the family in Westminster. They all had toured Parliament but since I went there this week for my class I opted out of going. Leslie got to take some awesome night shots of London which I'm sure will be framed soon and put up in her house. We all headed back to the hotel to get a good night's rest before heading out early Tuesday.
Tuesday
We woke up early and went to Westminster Abbey as our first stop. After viewing the area we went to see 10 Downing Street (where the Prime Minister lives) and were able to see the changing of the guards at Whitehall which I enjoyed much more than the changing of the guards at Buckingham Palace. We made our way to the underground and went to the outdoor markets in Camden Town for the afternoon and did some shopping. I took the family to Surbiton (where I live) and let them see my flat in all it's glory before we headed into Kingston upon Thames where I showed them my University. We headed into Kingston where they got to see the falling phonebooth display and ate dinner before hopping a bus back to my flat so they could get some stuff to take back with them. I overpacked just a tad for the trip and with everything I've bought they had to bring some stuff back with them so I can get it all back home. The family went back to the hotel in London to pack and I had to write papers for class =(
Wednesday
Yesterday was the most gorgeous day I could have asked for. For our British Culture and Society class we went and took an early morning tour of Parliament before heading to Greenwich for the day. Greenwich is where the Prime Meridian is located and where it was originally decided on to be. We toured the city and went up to the Royal Observatory. It was absolutely gorgeous and the pictures I took almost look fake. The clouds were absolutely perfect with the blue skies and the gorgeous views of London from the park outside the Observatory. I got to stand on the Prime Meridian and be in two hemispheres of the world at the same time which was pretty cool. After we finished at the observatory we all went to a Mexican restaurant in the city before heading back to Surbiton. Last night everyone was working on papers so it was a pretty quiet night. The family had a safe flight home and Bailey and Riley were thrilled for them to be back.
Today:
This morning we had class at the University for Shakespeare where we discussed the play 'The Tempest'. Afterwards we had a few minutes break before we had to head into London to meet for an afternoon walking tour. We went to the Inns of Court and were able to see students fresh out of their law school graduation complete in their traditional capes and wigs which was pretty interesting. We had time to get some dinner before heading to see 'The Tempest' at the Old Vic tonight. We went to a great pizza place where the center of the pizza was cut out and replaced with a salad.. Delicious.. one of the best meals I've had here. At the Old Vic we were surprised to find out our teacher got us front row tickets for the play. Although I'm not a huge Shakespeare fan, nor a big fan of plays.. I surprisingly really enjoyed it, probably because we were so close. I'm back at my flat now packing for Paris before meeting up with some friends. We leave out at 5:15am in the morning to take a bus to King's Cross Station where we'll be taking the Eurostar into Paris!
It's going to be a good weekend! Pictures are updated!!
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