London!

Despite the 8:30 departure time, the day trip to London was great. After a delay taking off we were on our way and the slightly annoying guide, Glenda was regaling us with stories of the traffic, bus prices, and the very dull account of her broken arm for the whole hour trip there. But once the actual tour was under way its was great. After driving past all the big sites, we got let off at Covent Garden and had the afternoon to wander. I'm quickly becoming adapt at wandering around British cities. after wandering over to Tralfager square, four international students from Sussex set off to wander over to Buckingham Palace. We arrived just in time to see the very informal changing of some people in small gray hats. Not the full ceremony, which only happenes everyother day, but they were gaurding and they did get changed out. I'm counting it.


guards? They did have bayonets.
At Buckingham Palace with a fellow Occidental student. and look! I do wear the hat, mom.

After this? more wandering of course. In our wanderings we encountered numerous monuments and had occasional "OMG I'm in London" moments. The four of us wandered through Hyde Park, which unlike the one I'm familiar with did not have any ice-cream cones on giant forks, and through the National Gallery. Although the day was way too short to see much, it was a good intro to London. So all have have to say is London, I'll be back. There's the British Museum, the Tower, Parliament, Wesminster Abbey, St Paul's Catherdal, and of course, I still have to get the stereotypical phone booth picture.

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