So our main source of time here is my phone. However, my phone refuses to adjust to the correct time in the UK and even after I changed the time it reverted back to the previous time. As a result, our whole day was thrown off. We woke up an hour later than we thought we were and therefore missed the free breakfast. We were forced to eat our granola bars (which wasn't too horrible but still). We started the day off by going to Hampton Court which was about a 30 minute train ride from downtown London. It was a short walk and we got in quickly without the line. We wandered around exploring the place and then headed out to the gardens. We ran into some actors portraying the King and his minions. When the king demanded we place our hands on top of his he insisted "You'll find its better on top." Dirty Henry VIII. We explored the garden and found the maze and found our way out very quickly. Then, we were able to see the oldest and largest grapevine in the world. It was pretty wicked. We headed back to London and explored the British museum and saw a lot of the exhibits (me insisting we see more mummies, Kelley the Rosetta stone, and Kendra tagging along). Afterwards we headed to the British Library. We saw, to blandly put it, a bunch of really old original books and text. It was fascinating history seeing the original Alice and Wonderland and the Magna Carta. We ended the day back in the pub sorting things out and planning our day for tomorrow. It is off to Windsor and hopefully Harrods and a couple other things.
Thursday, July 9, 2009
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2 comments:
Kelley, I'm with you on the Rosetta Stone, although mummies are certainly badass. Hit up the food parlor in harrods, seems like something you would all enjoy.
I hope y'all were able to work out the British rail system that rejects the EuroRail passes. The English don't play well with the Continentals. If so you should be heading up to Scotland and N.Ireland by now????
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