LONDON!!!

Day eight began our wonderful journey to London. We woke up early to catch the chunnel out of Paris and arrived at King’s Cross station. Paris is really wonderful, but London is more my cup of tea. The first thing on our agenda was the British Museum, which I really enjoyed. They had exhibits such as the Rosetta Stone, the Sutton Hoo burial site and other Viking artifacts, a money through the years room, and real mummies and sarcophagi. This museum was really cool because they had a wide variety of exhibits and everything was really artfully of creatively arranged. 

                After the museum, we walked to the National Portrait Gallery, which has a lot of paintings of Kings, Queens, and other important people. This was interesting, and we made it really fun by creating a game in which everyone in the group had to find a portrait that looked like them and take a picture with it making the same pose and face. Then we went to our hotel to check in, and I must say that it was much nicer than the one in Paris, and I was very sad that we would only be staying in it for one night. 

                Following a nice dinner at Mr. Greenlee’s hotel a couple of blocks over, we made the journey to Buckingham Palace. Just as we were approaching the front of the building and the large gate enclosing it, there were a couple of police motorcycles on the street. As we turned our attention to them, the black car following them held none other than the Queen! Our very first day in London, we saw the Queen, right outside of her home. No one would have believed us if Ruth hadn’t whipped out her phone in the midst of all the excitement and snapped a quick picture. We were all very excited as we walked down to the front of the palace and took some pictures. Then we all walked through the park across the street and laid in the grass telling stories and enjoying each other’s company in yet another amazing country.

 WE SAW THE QUEEN!!!