When we woke up and met in the lobby, everyone had a lot more energy. This was important because we had a long day ahead of us. We walked over to a Pret cafe around the corner from our hotel. We picked up some breakfast and walked over to Kensington Gardens to eat because it was already turning out to be a nice day. After eating, we walked around the park towards Princess Diana's Memorial Fountain and the Prince Albert Memorial. We continued walking through Hyde Park and all the way down to Buckingham Palace. After walking around the Buckingham Palace area, we went to Leicester square. It was like a very small version of Times Square. After having some time to wander around the square, we took the tube to Camden Market and had lunch. We all had Nutella and Strawberry crepes. I thought it was better than the one I had in Paris. After eating, we had about an hour left to walk around the confusing market. We looked at almost every vendor in the whole market. Towards the end, we were noticing that a lot of them were selling the same thing but at different prices.
We walked back to the tube and took it to Westminster station. When we walked out, we were immediately greeted by Big Ben and the houses of parliament. 100 pictures later, we walked over to Westminster Abbey. A lot of the group really wanted to go inside but it was too late and closed to visitors. Our last scheduled stop for the day was the British Museum. We all had our first double decker bus experience on the way there. When we arrived, we were given two hours to explore the massive museum. This was my second time at the museum in under a week so I followed everyone else to all the exhibits they wanted to go.
Now that we were all starving, we walked over to Chinatown for dinner. After finding a restaurant that looked appealing to us, we sat down at a huge table. We were surprised because the food wasn't very good.
After dinner, everyone really wanted to go to Harrods but it was already closed so we went somewhere even fancier. Fortnum & Mason has been named the fanciest department store in the UK. The reason it is so popular is because Her Majesty the Queen shops for her clothes there. We all ended up getting boxes of tea from the large tea shop inside. They were also the cheapest things to buy in store.
After a long day of walking at least 8 miles, we took the tube back to our hotel and went to bed.
We walked back to the tube and took it to Westminster station. When we walked out, we were immediately greeted by Big Ben and the houses of parliament. 100 pictures later, we walked over to Westminster Abbey. A lot of the group really wanted to go inside but it was too late and closed to visitors. Our last scheduled stop for the day was the British Museum. We all had our first double decker bus experience on the way there. When we arrived, we were given two hours to explore the massive museum. This was my second time at the museum in under a week so I followed everyone else to all the exhibits they wanted to go.
Now that we were all starving, we walked over to Chinatown for dinner. After finding a restaurant that looked appealing to us, we sat down at a huge table. We were surprised because the food wasn't very good.
After dinner, everyone really wanted to go to Harrods but it was already closed so we went somewhere even fancier. Fortnum & Mason has been named the fanciest department store in the UK. The reason it is so popular is because Her Majesty the Queen shops for her clothes there. We all ended up getting boxes of tea from the large tea shop inside. They were also the cheapest things to buy in store.
After a long day of walking at least 8 miles, we took the tube back to our hotel and went to bed.