Post Sightseeing

Sorry for that last post. I barely remember writing it I was so tired.

ANYWAY!

After a brief delay of our flight, we landed and were off the plane, through customs by about 7:30 and were met by Beverly! She led us on to to our bus, and though fitting the luggage was a squeeze, we all had a seat! To be honest, I didn't really know that she was a tour guide until she had us get off at Prince Albert's memorial. Mikey has a good picture. THE WEATHER WAS AMAZING, somehow: Blue skies and 80º! Anyway, Beverly (or as Connor Gibson thought, Beferly or Bepherly) took us around the city and showed us the West End district, St James Palace, Clarence House, Buckingham Palace, and took us by Trafalgar Square before we stopped for lunch at Covent Gardens. It was nice to get some real food and see some street performers, though one was just taunting a 5 year old...I wanted to go to one of my old favorite museums from when I lived here, the London Transport Museum, but no one else wanted to go.....oh well!

After lunch, driver Brian got the tour bus stuck in the tight alleys of London. I still have no idea how he got us out. Good for him. Beverly brought us by St Pauls, (look kids!) Big Ben, Parliament, the London Eye, the "wibbly, wobbly" Millennium Bridge, Tower Bridge and City Hall. She set us down safely at Bankside House dorms for the London School of Economics turned B&B during the summer. After a reviving rest period, we ate dinner and each set off to explore the awesome Bankside area for ourselves. Julia and I walked from the Millennium Bridge (right across from our rooms) all the way to City Hall where we met up with James and Nick. It was fun to just hang out on the grassy steps and enjoy the weather/laugh at all the people who, for some reason, always jog with backpacks. We also saw a conference table suspended 200ft in mid air, a stunt for what we're guessing was the newest stupid Samsung Galaxy Tab commercial.

We met back up and I went off with Sydney and Connor on a more adventurous walk in search for a cafe/bathroom...we didn't find one, but Meg and Niyah showed us one. Back to Bankside for a quick internet fix, and BED!!!