July 8 – London

            Today we arrived in London, England!  After we got off the enormous plane, we stood in the Customs line before we were allowed into the country.  Then we had our first experience on the “tube,” or the subway. We also took a bus to the campus where we stayed called “Brunel University”. The dorm rooms were awesome and we had two girls to a room.  We had an hour to get ready, and then we headed out for the day.   

For a late lunch, we went to “Gino’s”, a cute café with delicious sandwiches. Then we took the metropolitan to see some other sites in London. Corey told us we had a surprise for later and it turned out to be ride on the London Eye. The London Eye is a giant ferris wheel that offers a scenic view of London.

We then walked along the river and saw two street performers, both very interesting. One performer was dressed like a queen and painted silver. Mollie gave her money and she gestured to her, so I thought Sophie and I could get a picture out of one penny…WHOOPS! It takes awhile to adapt to the culture and the different money!

We kept walking and saw St. Paul’s Cathedral. We came at the perfect time because the bells were ringing. On the walk back to Baker’s Street we stopped off at the Pizza Express where we ate scrumptious pizza and dessert.

We took the metropolitan back to our dorms. Everyone was so tired they fell asleep as soon as they got to their rooms. It was a wonderful start to our European adventure.

By Katie Froehle

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