Ok now this month has gone by way too fast!! I am down to my last page of my itinerary packet for this trip and now I am down to just a small number of days left. I have loved everything about this last month but there are a few thing that I may be looking forward to when I get back home:
1.not living out of a suitcase
2.no exchange rate
3.moms home cooked meals
4.less rain
5.ice in my drinks
6.free refills
7.own bed
8.cell phone
9. last and not least...my family!
I have actually enjoyed not having a car, if I could ride a subway everyone where that would suit me just fine. Lets not forget that I get my wisdom teeth out the day after I get back, so that kind of puts a damper on the whole return home, but I should make it through! Dentistry and I do not get along, so hopefully it will not be a long recovery.
Today we were suppose to go as a group to the Roman Baths but we had a last minute change to the “shwedual,” as the Brits would say it. So we ended up having a free day. Some friends and I chose to go to the Windsor Castle about 25 minutes out of the city by train. We did do a little bit of the sleeping in but then we started out our day with another train ride. This castle is a main residency for The Queen Elizabeth. They tour part of the castle but then the royal family can stay in the other part of it. This castle was more like a mini town. The property was huge. It was extremely midlevel looking and had a lot of greenery all over it. I am not surprised that is green everywhere here for the fact that it rains everyday that ends with y! I am not going to complain because I can stand the rain as long as the temperature is as good as it has been. I am not excited about going to Utah with the 100 degree weather, that will be a real big change from here. Anyways the castle was very worth going to see it. We spent a ton of time just looking at the landscape, but then we got into a line to tour the inside. We first saw a doll house that was made for the Queen. This miniature house was very large overall. It was fully plumbed and had electricity. All of the mini chairs and beds were so great and had a ton of detail on them. After that we looked through all of the Royal Apartments. My favorite part from this exhibit was the way they displayed all of the old weapons from the wars and such. It was pretty and very pleasing to look through. All of the rooms were beautiful and had a lot of wood work done on them. There was a certain room that I could have stayed in for days. The walls and ceiling had gilded gold work everywhere and then there were three huge, gold chandeliers, those were out of this world! So I really wanted a photo of me by one of the Queens Guards and so I handed my camera off and walked towards the guard. A soon as I stopped about 4 feet away from him. He started to do this type of ceremony thing and I am not sure if it was because I was too close or what. All I know is that he scared the living daylight out of me!
We got back to London in time to stop at the local Mcdonalds and then we were off to Hyde park to watch Peter Pan. This play is inside this huge white dome and the inside of the dome has images projected on it. Most of their stage design is this image on the canvas. It made really cool special effects. The play itself was not my favorite out of all the ones I have seen while here, only because the style was a little different. I really liked it, but wouldn’t pay as much as I did to see it again. That got over at 10 pm and then we met some friends at Planet Hollywood for some grub. I had a salad and I think that I forgot how real vegetables taste like. I don’t get very many chances to eat vegetable while here. Anyway I have a early day tomorrow so I am going to get some rest!
I will get pics up soon of the last couple days, just haven't had a chance yet:)
1.not living out of a suitcase
2.no exchange rate
3.moms home cooked meals
4.less rain
5.ice in my drinks
6.free refills
7.own bed
8.cell phone
9. last and not least...my family!
I have actually enjoyed not having a car, if I could ride a subway everyone where that would suit me just fine. Lets not forget that I get my wisdom teeth out the day after I get back, so that kind of puts a damper on the whole return home, but I should make it through! Dentistry and I do not get along, so hopefully it will not be a long recovery.
Today we were suppose to go as a group to the Roman Baths but we had a last minute change to the “shwedual,” as the Brits would say it. So we ended up having a free day. Some friends and I chose to go to the Windsor Castle about 25 minutes out of the city by train. We did do a little bit of the sleeping in but then we started out our day with another train ride. This castle is a main residency for The Queen Elizabeth. They tour part of the castle but then the royal family can stay in the other part of it. This castle was more like a mini town. The property was huge. It was extremely midlevel looking and had a lot of greenery all over it. I am not surprised that is green everywhere here for the fact that it rains everyday that ends with y! I am not going to complain because I can stand the rain as long as the temperature is as good as it has been. I am not excited about going to Utah with the 100 degree weather, that will be a real big change from here. Anyways the castle was very worth going to see it. We spent a ton of time just looking at the landscape, but then we got into a line to tour the inside. We first saw a doll house that was made for the Queen. This miniature house was very large overall. It was fully plumbed and had electricity. All of the mini chairs and beds were so great and had a ton of detail on them. After that we looked through all of the Royal Apartments. My favorite part from this exhibit was the way they displayed all of the old weapons from the wars and such. It was pretty and very pleasing to look through. All of the rooms were beautiful and had a lot of wood work done on them. There was a certain room that I could have stayed in for days. The walls and ceiling had gilded gold work everywhere and then there were three huge, gold chandeliers, those were out of this world! So I really wanted a photo of me by one of the Queens Guards and so I handed my camera off and walked towards the guard. A soon as I stopped about 4 feet away from him. He started to do this type of ceremony thing and I am not sure if it was because I was too close or what. All I know is that he scared the living daylight out of me!
We got back to London in time to stop at the local Mcdonalds and then we were off to Hyde park to watch Peter Pan. This play is inside this huge white dome and the inside of the dome has images projected on it. Most of their stage design is this image on the canvas. It made really cool special effects. The play itself was not my favorite out of all the ones I have seen while here, only because the style was a little different. I really liked it, but wouldn’t pay as much as I did to see it again. That got over at 10 pm and then we met some friends at Planet Hollywood for some grub. I had a salad and I think that I forgot how real vegetables taste like. I don’t get very many chances to eat vegetable while here. Anyway I have a early day tomorrow so I am going to get some rest!
I will get pics up soon of the last couple days, just haven't had a chance yet:)
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