We landed yesterday eight o'clock London time, and from there we hit the ground running. (and let me just say the first Football jersey I saw here in London was a Tottenham jersey) We then went to the college we are staying at for a few days called Regent's College which is located in the heart of London. Then we went straight to the tube where we met a tour guide to do a walking tour. We saw everything from Harry Potter scenes to a courtyard where Charles Dickens wrote some of his most famous books, and here I am running off of two hours of sleep but it is all so new and surreal that I don't even think about being tired. Today, we went on a five hour bike tour. Five hours seems like it would be miserable, but we saw almost all of the stereotypical images of London (pictures below) and I couldn't of had more fun. Also, we learned a lot about their government system, history, and future plans, so don't worry parents your money is going to more than my obsession with soccer. But just one comment on the soccer aspect and that is it is everything I could dream of and I haven't even been to a match/even seen a stadium and I will leave it at that. It still doesn't seem real to me that I will be here until December, but I am sure it will sink in after the first few weeks. Here are a few pictures. Enjoy!
Until next time, God Bless.
I'm currently sitting in my new apartment in Bath, and no words can express how good it feels to be in a place I can call home now. But now onto the rest of my experiences in London. I would bore you all to death if I just gave you a list of things I have been up too, so I'm just going to give you the high's and low's of the last few days. I'll start with the highs. Some of us went to the Tower of London today and honestly it now ranks as my favorite thing to do in London historically speaking. Imagining the scenes from the executions and the kings walking the exact same ground as me was an unique experience just because it isn't comparable to anything I have been able to experience in America. Seeing the crown jewels was spectatcular as well even though I had more fun on the tour than looking at the jewels. (I'm a nerd.) Also, on Tuesday, me and my friends went exploring southwest London looking for some football stadiums as well as wanting to see Wimbledon. We found two football stadiums (Chelsea's and Fulham's for those of you who know/care) and we also found Wimbledon. Wimbledon probably ranks second as my favorite thing to visit while in London just because of the area it's in and the classy atmosphere that goes along with it. I'm not a big tennis player but I do enjoy watching Wimbledon every year so I had to buy something from the store. I ended up getting a pair of socks and a patch. We also went to the London eye at night which was interesting just because of the bird's eye view of London we got that not many people get. (even though it was twenty pounds, which is a bit high in my opinion.) The main low from these last few days has been figuring out what time the tube closes the hard way when we got locked out around 12:30, so we had to walk around a hour or two back to the dorms in our khakis and ties that we wore earlier in the night for Phantom of the Opera. Overall, I enjoyed my experiences in London and I can't wait to go back here in a few weeks for a Tottenham match with my friends. We have just arrived in Bath today and it already feels like a polar opposite lifestyle than that of London. (However, Bath does have two H&M's for those of you who care or know what it is, so me and Alex are excited.) I will post again soon after I discover more and more in Bath and get a better opinion on it. Enjoy the pictures.
