More Adventures

Today was full of even more new sights and sounds of London.  The group headed off on another tour with our tour guide named Shaughan.  He is definitely the best tour guide ever!  We started off by taking a double decker bus to St. Paul's Cathedral.  It was absolutely gorgeous.  I've been to the St. Paul's in Minneapolis but this building was even more breath taking.  I think that I am going to have to make it back there for a tour of the inside and maybe even a mass.  Next we headed across the Millennium Bridge, which I learned was featured in the 5th Harry Potter movie.  From there we saw Shakespeare Globe Theatre and wandered along the River Thames.  We saw a lot of really cool looking Pubs and an art museum that I would like to go back to as well.  We also walked through the Borough Market.  There was tons of fruits, veggies and sweets to buy.  Some day I'm going to have to find my way back and then maybe I can make a nice dinner for everyone.  There were so many people in this market though that it was almost a little scary.  After the tour, the fun part of the day started.

A couple of us girls decided that we wanted to find H&M to find some fun new clothes for London.  Since a couple of the tube lines were closed today we decided to hope on a double decker bus.  We took the first bus to Oxford Circe (Piccadilly Market area) but that bus ended up being on the end of it's route and we ended up at the terminating point of the bus, about 45 minutes away.  We then hopped right back on the bus and ended up finding H&M.  We then caught another bus after some shopping to head back to Vandon House.  This ended up being a not so great idea.  There was a demonstration going on in the middle of town about tuition hikes for students in the UK.  It took us about 30 minutes to get back but it was still worth it.  We were able to see a couple different sides of London from the bus and I'm starting to learn how the bus system works over here.  Instead of heading out for my first Saturday night here I think I'm going to stay in and lay low.  I think the jet lag is still getting the better of me and I'm hoping that after a good night's sleep I'll be prepared for a fun new week in London!