3 Days Gone Already!

Its day 3 in London and already we've hit many of the major sights to see. With the Tower of London, St.Paul's Cathedral, The London Eye, and Parliament under our belts (to name a few) we ventured over to Westminster Abbey to begin the day. On Sunday we attended an organ concert at the Abbey but today we went into the belly of the beast and got to see the tombs of the many famous Britons buried there. Besides the many Kings and Queens buried there, you'll also find the likes of Issac Newton, Charles Darwin, Winston Churchill, Jane Austen, William Shakespeare, and Charles Dickens laid to rest there. It was quite spectacular (and a little creepy) to be able to walk along and look down and see the tombstones of all these famous people!

Outside the abbey was a spectacular garden! (Proof for all the folks back home that spring has come a lot earlier in London!)



Next we headed over to the Winston Churchill Museum and War Rooms. For all the history buffs our there it's a fascinating look into war time Britain and well worth the money if you're ever in London. You get to explore the actual bunker that was used by Churchill and his cabinet during WWII, with everything set up just as it was back then.



Upon exiting the War Rooms into the gift shop, this piece of British propaganda was on a poster and is now officially my new motto!

After debating whether or not to buy said awesome poster, the gang made its way over to...wait for it...Buckingham Palace!! The palace to end all palaces! To get there we strolled through the beautiful St.James Park, and laid eyes upon the largest and scariest pelicans I have ever seen. I regret not having any pictures of them but let me assure you they were large enough that now I really question what they put in the water in London...On a more pleasant note, there were some adorable baby ducklings also out enjoying the day!





But, now back to Buckingham Palace. What is there to say really? It was big, it was grand, it was palace-like, and there were lots of bobbies roaming around! We watched the guards stomp around for a bit and took lots of pictures! It would have been cool to see the changing of the guard but it was happening this morning at 11:30, and so far mornings have not been our strong point!



So to make this long-winded blog a bit shorter, we roamed around the city a bit more, hitting Trafalgar Square, and Piccadilly Circus (the "times square of London", which is not nearly as impressive as it sounds). Then we all went our own ways for dinner, enjoying a variety of food including Indian, Italian and Greek. For dessert, a few of us enjoyed delicious crepes from an itty bitty crepe stand and now I will never be able to eat crepes in the US again. They were that good!



Going to bed now so I can be ready for another busy day in London! Tomorrow we plan on hitting some museums and doing the Jack the Ripper walking tour! Bye for now.
-Amy