On Friday I rushed out of school to go to Peterbourgh, the next closest town to see the new James Bond movie with my host sister. Although I was not impressed with the movie, there is nothing better than seeing it in an old English movie theatre and knowing that you’re going to London the next day.
I joined the coach bus trip to London bright and early the next morning. While everyone was disappointed that it was raining it did not seem fitting to me to visit London when it’s not raining. I was lucky to have my host family with me so we could maximize our site seeing destinations. Not to bore with details so here’s a laundry list of the sites we managed to visit: Liberty’s of London (posh department store), Hamley’s Toy Store, Carnaby Street, Regents Street, Picadilly Circus (which is not a circus but a statue, mildly disappointing), Trapalgar Square, National Gallery, National Portrait Gallery, The Mall, Buckingham Palace (and the Queen was there although I didn’t see her), Westminister Abbey, Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament and Number 10 Downing Street where Tony Blair lives (I didn’t see him either).
We returned late the night and deciding that there is much more of England to see we woke up the next morning and travelled to the city of Ely. We saw the beautiful Ely Cathedral; it is amazing and took a tour of the Stained Glass Museum. Mid-afternoon we had cream tea which included scones with clotted cream and jam and tea, a tradition here. I of course had sugar in my tea which is not a tradition, instead it is laughable but what can I say, I am still an American.
I joined the coach bus trip to London bright and early the next morning. While everyone was disappointed that it was raining it did not seem fitting to me to visit London when it’s not raining. I was lucky to have my host family with me so we could maximize our site seeing destinations. Not to bore with details so here’s a laundry list of the sites we managed to visit: Liberty’s of London (posh department store), Hamley’s Toy Store, Carnaby Street, Regents Street, Picadilly Circus (which is not a circus but a statue, mildly disappointing), Trapalgar Square, National Gallery, National Portrait Gallery, The Mall, Buckingham Palace (and the Queen was there although I didn’t see her), Westminister Abbey, Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament and Number 10 Downing Street where Tony Blair lives (I didn’t see him either).
We returned late the night and deciding that there is much more of England to see we woke up the next morning and travelled to the city of Ely. We saw the beautiful Ely Cathedral; it is amazing and took a tour of the Stained Glass Museum. Mid-afternoon we had cream tea which included scones with clotted cream and jam and tea, a tradition here. I of course had sugar in my tea which is not a tradition, instead it is laughable but what can I say, I am still an American.
(I apologize for any spelling or grammatical mistakes, my editors have brought this to my attention, I will try harder, thanks mom. 🙂 )
