Well, its been a while since I have blogged! So much has been going on. Life is good!
Friday:
Marissa Snyder and I went on a tour called the BIG BUS TOUR.
We went on a bus allove the city of London and Westminster. It was great, some had live others recorded commentary and the weather was BEAUTIFUL, actually a bit hot, so we sat on the top of the open air bus.We say so many places, and I took almost 200 pictures - what can I say I am "snap happy".
The highlights of the day were definitly the DAVINCI CODE walk to "Inner Temple" and Westminster. We also had a great british guide, he was probably 60 but walked faster than me (and for those of you who know me you know why I was surprised!)
Anyway he gave us some great history of the areas where we walked and it was a great 3 hrs!!!
We also got to go on a River Cruise from Tower Hill to Westminster Pier.
By 6pm we were dead. We got into a 1 Pound foreign (french) film. It was interesting - "The beat that my heart skipped".
Then we met with Kellie in Leister Square for dinner. On the way home we met some South African boys. They were only too surprised that we didn't drink and we chatted for almost an hour. I'm not sure if they will remember us though :)
Saturday:
It was finally laundry day! Marissa, Kellie & I shared so it was alot cheaper than each doing our own. We paid 6 pounds each! WOW it is expensive to wash clothers here!
In the afternoon I did some research in the archives for Angie Spires.
Then I met up with Phillipa Le Roux (Grade 9 English teacher) at 5pm for "tea". It was great to see her again and we chatted about the good old days at Edgemead High.
Sunday:
I went to St Pauls Cathedral "Matin" this morning at 10am. It is VERY beautiful.
I love the golden domes. Then I went to the National Portraits Gallery to kill some time and be warm :) It was very cool to see all the portraits of royalty and also some modern works. The "live" portrait of David Beckham was very interesting :)I then went to join my group for church in the Hyde Park ward in South Kensington.
After Sacrament I got back on the tube to go to Westminster Abby for Evensong. It was very different inside, but also beautiful. All the tombs & memorials were very intriguing and some what strange to me. I also saw Isaac Newtons tomb.
Later I went back to S. Kensington and they were having a "Munch & Mingle" until the Fireside. I saw Odile Kidd and chatted with her. I met a guy, Ryan from Zimbabwe, and Ryan from Pretoria (who joined the church here in London a few years ago).
Then at the Ward Fireside I saw Grover, Megan & a bunch of other students from BYU who were on study abroad. I also saw John they guy behind me on the airplane from Texas to London & John from my singing class. He has a great voice. He was with the BYU Chamber Orchestra and they played a few pieces. President Samuelson (of BYU) was visiting and spoke, as did his wife. I was a great day and perfect way to end the week.
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