Day 25, 26 & 27 - more adventures!

Day 25 & 26 - I haven't written over the past couple of days because I didn't do anything too big worth commenting...I got to sleep in (praise Jesus!), worked on alot of homework (papers, yuck!), went to class and went grocery shopping! Last night was pretty fun though, we went to a local pub and heard live bands playing although these bands were made up of really old men...one guy looked like Blue from Old School, but still entertaining none the less.

Day 27 - Today gave me much more to update you on! It was an early morning start when we made our way into London amongst everyone going to work in their very nice professional get up (still wondering what all of these people do because there's so many of them who are dressed that way!) and we ended up at Parliament.

It was hard to grasp the realness of getting to tour Parliament because their government system is completely different than ours but somebody related it to touring the Capitol building or the White House, so it was really cool. We got to see inside of the House of Lords and the House of Commons, which is where people lobby for bills to be passed, vote for them and ultimately make them laws. We got to see where the Queen gets dressed for when she comes into Parliament and where she does all of her business. It was really neat to go there too because people, like the MPs (Members of Parliament), similar to our senators, were working there so they'd just be zooming past us, walking around us, and just doing their days worth of work while we were touring their offices basically! The inside of Parliament is just like anything else here, extravagant and over the top a little bit but all the while filled with rich history. We couldn't take any pictures inside so sorry! But we did get these cool badges with our pictures on them for when we were on the tour...I kept mine even though we weren't supposed to...rebel, I know!

Uh ya, I'm an MP now, no big deal or anything! ; )

Next we got some lunch at Covent Garden Market...I got another crepe yummy! Then we headed to Greenwich for the another part of our class field trip. Greenwich is known for a few things which I learned today: it is the place for the Royal Naval Academy, Henry VIII was born here as well as two of his daughters, and the Meridian line is here so we were on 0 degrees longitude! I can officially say I have been in two hemispheres at the same time!

Here is a view of the Royal Naval Academy

Standing on the Meridian line! Two hemispheres at once!

0 0' 0"

We were feeling pretty exhausted at this point, so we decided to pick up a mcflurry (they're different then in the U.S., it's a shame I know but they still do the job) and headed over to see Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. We had to meander through the streets to find it but we discovered some great views of the river, a pirate ship (what?) and some great little pubs along the way...after a Strongbow by the river we headed to take a look at the theatre that is so famous. It was what I thought it'd be (thanks to Shakespeare in Love), a little smaller actually but it was nice and quaint.

Here's a view of the stage

We started our trek (I keep calling it that because it sometimes can feel like a trek after changing the tube 3 times, finding the right train home and then walking the last stretch to our dorms) and I was home once again...today was exhausting! But I love this class because it takes us to places I never would have thought about or been able to go to on my own...so thanks British Culture & Society!