July 10 – London to Stansted

Today we were off to the heart of London again! We started out with an hour and a half trip to Tower Hill. We took funny pictures by a fake executioner then we arrived at the Tower of London. There we met our tour guide-anonymous-he was extremely energetic and loud so that made the tour AWESOME. The tour guide was also quite scary and liked to scare little children! Inside the massive area of the London Tower there were torture chambers, the Crown Jewels, and the chapel where Anne Boleyn’s remnants are. It was crazy that we were walking where all the Kings and Queens once walked and where people were beheaded and tortured.

After we went to the bathrooms, which we awarded “Lou of the Year”, we had 30 minutes to eat, so we found a fish and chips stand and gobbled our food. It was tasty but we ended up sharing it with the pigeons that were attacking us for food. Our visit also included glimpses of the London Bridges which we took many pictures with and sang the rhyme “London Bridge is Falling Down!”

After another long ride back on the “Tube” or train, we barely got to our match against the English. But we made it and played amazing. We dominated all four games, mixing up positions and having lots of fun! Sophie got to set the last set (game) and she did great!

After saying our goodbyes to our English friends, we grabbed all our stuff (including our big duffle bags, back packs, and purses) we headed back for our last trip into the city. We stopped at our usual stop and headed to a restaurant called The Slug and the Lettuce. We ate various wraps, soups, and salads. Although the name was a turn off, the restaurant turned out to be delicious!

We then took the Tube to Liverpool Street and transferred to a bigger train that took us closer to our new hotel which is by the airport we will be taking off from tomorrow at two.

By Ellen Senf

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