London

It was about a 2-3 hour bus ride to London, and once there we were given a tour (the guide came onto our bus and showed us around that way). After the tour we had a few hours to do what we wanted. Since London is so huge, we only saw a few things, but it was a really fun trip, and I hope I can go back at some point and see more.

The first things we saw was Buckingham Palace. We didn't stop there because it was ridiculously crowded, but it was interesting to see.

Keep in mind that these were taken on a bus, so they may not be of the best quality. Also, I found out on this trip that, in some countries at least, "bus" refers to a larger car and what we call a bus is called a coach. When I hear coach I think of a horse and carriage, but it just means "bus" here.

This is the London Eye, the biggest "observation wheel" in the Western hemisphere. To give you an idea of how big it is, since this picture does it no justice, each one of those little oval-shaped cars holds 26 people.

This is St. Paul's Cathedral. It's a very big church (this is only one side of it), but you have to pay to get in unless there's a service, and there wasn't, so we were out of luck. You can go into the crypt, where they have gift shops and serve food, but you aren't allowed to take pictures. I think it's weird to eat or shop in a crypt, but whatever.

London Tower, where you again have to pay to enter. This is also a bus-tour photo, so pardon how awful it happens to look.

And these are pictures from around Trafalgar Square, where we went after our tour was over:

We went out to eat at a place in Chinatown, and it was really good. After that we decided to go see Big Ben, Westminster Abby, and the Parliament Building. Here are some buildings that we passed while walking there, but I don't know what they are. They're very nice, though.

This is Big Ben. It's actually not all that big, but it's still cool. It's connected to the Parliament Building, which is really impressive.

See?

This is part of Westminster Abby, which I think I took the most pictures of. However, in order to prevent this thing from going on forever, I'll just put up a couple.

It's ME!

After we saw these things, Arthur wanted to see the Globe Theater (Shakespeare's theater), so we started out on the long walk over to it. We went along the river, and the whole way we saw fun stuff like street performers, artists, and even a skate park:

However, after we located the Globe, we found out that it was closed, so we just had to walk all the way back. By that time it was late, and we had to meet up with the bus to get back home. I was exhausted from all the walking, and slept for a lot of the drive. Even so, it was a really fun and interesting trip.