Friday, March 20, 2009

London Day 2

Slept in a little bit this morning. On the way to the Tube we found a Starbucks for breakfast. We first went to Kensington Gardens and walked past Kensington Palace where Princess Diana lived when she died. We walked through the park and into Hyde Park. There was nobody at Speakers Corner for debating with today.

We walked through Oxford Street stopping in a few shops along the way. We ended up at the British Museum, where I spent around 2 hours walking around looking at the different exhibits. All the stolen history, but it does come in handy when you are the only world power of that day.

My sister was getting a headache so she headed back to the hotel. I set out to find Greenwich. It took around 30 minutes to ride the Tube and DLR lines out there. I walked around the dock area and then headed up to the Royal Observatory. The Museum was closed by the time I got up there but I did take a photo of the clock right outside the gates.

I started to make my way back to the hotel when my sister sent me a text. We met up at West Kensington stop and went to 222. It is a vegan restaurant, I refuse to eat anything that is supposed to taste like meat. So I had a curry instead, it was decent. I had a chocolate cake for desert, which was good.

We hopped back on the Tube and headed to St. Pauls Church and then walked across the Millennium Bridge. When the bridge was opened it had to be shut down the first day because it was moving so much in the wind. We walked and found the Golden Hind and then went to London Bridge Tube stop. After a quick stop at a grocery store it was time for bed.

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