After class everyone who wanted to go met up to go on a walking tour of London given to us by Dr. Weaver. We lost a lot of people along the way and walked pretty fast but we saw a lot and it gave us practice with the buses and the tube. The walking tour is what pretty much all my pictures are from today, sadly I did not get a picture of the very friendly squirrel in St. James park. He jumped on a lady's lap and let her pet him! So my new goal of the trip is to get a picture petting a squirrel. We ate lunch in this really good sandwich shop/ bakery. I had lemon cheesecake, a bacon/ cheese croissant and a sausage croissant. Super cheap and we took the food to eat on the steps near the National Gallery.
We also got to check out the new Audi A1 today which hasn't even gone on sale so that was cool, it was randomly in Leicester square so we checked it out during lunch. People have super nice cars here, we've seen a lot of Audis, a couple Aston Martins, a Maserati, a Bentley and a Rolls Royce already. The car dealerships are weird too, next to the airport we saw a six floor Audi dealership! I guess they build up instead of out here.
This evening Meggan and I met our friend Rebecca, who is here for an internship, for dinner in Leicester square. We went to a really good Italian place and tried something called "Pims", It's some drink that is really popular here. While at dinner we spotted Will Smith and his family and Jackie Chan! The premiere of Jaden Smith's movie Karate Kid was tonight here and they came for the red carpet premiere! I of course ran across the square and took pictures. It was a really cool dinner experience, then we shopped a bit and headed back to the dorms on the tube. After today I feel like Meggan and I are experts at the underground!
Right now we are booking rooms at a B&B for next weekend in the lake district.
First trip on the underground!
Victoria station, this is one of the larger stations where you can also catch a train
One of the many theaters we saw today
Some church, it looked really cool
Westminster Abbey! We are coming back here for a tour!
St. James park, you can see the London eye here.
Buckingham Palace!
The National Gallery. We ate lunch on the steps of the building on the right.
An ambulance? I'm not sure how this will help you in a crisis, but whatever. A police van drove by while we were laughing at the ambulance.
The new Audi A1. This one is an art car
Will Smith!!
Jackie Chan!!
Adpi's in London after a delicious meal!
Expert tube rider!
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