the first week

this is london from the eyes of an ADD girl. with that being said there will be times when i dart back to or change subject it seems at random, its not random it makes sense to me. some days i will write a lot and some days not at all some even in between but it will all be about London and the fun and not so fun times had here.

to catch you up to where i am i shall write an abrivated version of the events
day one, get here around 12 move in and eat lunch finish that about 3 then go out and find Salisbury which is like publix and walmart mixed, find the post office, and get our oyster cards. after we get everything we head out for big Ben! it was dark by then and we were all very tired but we wondered around a bit after that just to keep ourselves up for a bit and figure stuff out things like that. when we got back to the rooms it was time to unpack then sleep!

day two
we went on scavenger hunts my group went to Westminster, st. Margret cathedral, st. martin-in-the-field, Piccadilly circus, and we saw the national portrait gallery which was free so i liked it and i'm going back later when i have more time to see it all. i only got to see the Tudors and a bit of the Victorians. my group was still rather jet lagged so we didn't do as much as some of the others. i think that was only the second half of the day and i have no idea what we did for the first half. that night we were on our own for dinner a few of us went to wagamama or something like that, not worth it personally and while it is a chain in london it is not cheep i was hungry afterwards
day three
we all went on a tour of the places around us in the royal boroughs of Kensington and Chelsea, with our neighbor who knew where all the famous people had lived and those that had wives living after them if they still lived there. after the adventure with him and the London buses, we had lunch and went out again to see Westminster where we had an awesome guide named Shawn who is Scottish! he thinks he knows some american culture and reference's but he does not, he is rather humorous though, he has a very dry humor. he does know a lot of information though which makes him an amazing guide!

day four
which is today which is Friday. today we had a London pass which i totally suggest getting if your in London for any time at all well a day not if its less than a day your not here long enough otherwise. i accentually slept in a bit because there was this horrible generator keeping me up past midnight so i was dead tired. it turned out to be a good thing though because the girl who had been delayed was finally able to get here and she and i along with a few other people went out to see some of the sights of london! first we went to see the tower of london, which is not actually a tower but more like a castle. we saw the white tower and the tower where everyone was kept before they were executed or released. i also saw the crown jewels man where they a sight to behold! every crown had so many priceless jewels on it and each had a jewel from a foreign country as well on it. it was interesting though to see what some of them had for their crowns. a few had specially made crowns because of some reason or another the information i got did not give me all that info. ill have to look it up sometime and let you know. when i was looking in the rooms where everyone was kept and anne boylen had been kept there too but since she was such a lady of course she didn't carve anything into the walls but many others did! it was so cool to be able to see so far back into the history of england that way. they had even figured out that some of the writings were from lady jane grey supporters. i would have like a bit more time around the towers but we did have more things to see. plus the others in my group were not as enthusiastic about it as i was, thats ok i'll go again when my parents come they will love it! my dad at least will.  after the tower and a quick lunch at a restraunt right across from the tower we went to St. Pauls cathedral. i suggest getting a guide if you every go there. there are a ton of statues in that place most if not all of whom i have no idea who they were or why they were important sure i ready the places that they had written for them  on their statue but that didn't make any difference. i still had no idea who they were. the only cool thing about that place is the whispering galley you climb 250 steps and you get to look out over the floor from in the dome, and if your really brave or not tired you can walk 119 i think it is more up mega spiral staircases and go the the very top of the dome and look down. it was quite fun. after the piety of st. pauls we went to the opposite of it on the opposite side of the Thames, the Globe theater!the globe is awesome as well ( i should probably start looking for other adjectives) first you get to go though a "museum" but not really more like an exhibit that even has old costumes or costume look a likes that show you what they would have used in Shakespeare's times. they also give you the history of the globe. there is some sort of set at the bottom, i ran out of time so i don't know what exactly it was for but it looked very midsummer nights dream. it wasn't where they put on plays they do that in the open air globe, so as you can imagine its very cold! they rebuilt the globe to the exact standards it was before so its as authentic as you can get and still be safe. wooden boards, wooden nails, wooden seats, and they still have the groundings portion. that is a big part of Shakespeare's plays is the groundings part in it. having them there also keeps the actors on their toes. i hope i get to go to a play there but they don't open until march because of the cold, if i do go i'm so going as a grounding, then again do i really want to stand the whole time?
well that catches you up so until next time
from london with love.