Just another spectatcular day

Today was another awesome day. Long, but good. I want to just lay down and go to sleep, but I can’t leave out my adventures. This morning, I wanted to kill people. No lies. It was too early to be up and I didn’t really want to get up. It looks like breakfast will be cereal, yogurt, and toast every morning. I don’t even like breakfast that much, and these cereals are very… healthy.  The only one I’m all that interested is Rice Krispies, but I can’t eat Rice Krispies for the next four months. I'll have to figure something out, without spending too much money, because I've found I hate spending so much money. It’s pretty awful. But today was amazing. We went to the Tower of London as a group, and I love Eric (Dursteler), because he has absolutely no clue where he is going. We went up past a Jack the Ripper sign and up toward the tower, but then realized he was going the wrong way. He said, “Don’t follow me.” Oh, and right before that, we had gotten on the tube, but took the wrong line.When I say we, I mean most of the students; somehow he got on the right one and we didn't notice. Haha. We're a little challenged as a huge group.

We got there eventually, and the tower of London was amazing. Our tour guide Clint in one of the buildings was pretty cool (actually he wasn’t our tour guide, but he just decided to follow a group of us girls around… random). And I wanted there to be more gruesome stuff there to look at, but it was pretty cool anyway. We took lots of pictures, I hopped from group to group and Eric kept changing times that we were meeting. Then I went to a sketch Fish and Chips place and got a UFO (Un-Identified Food Object) –it said it was a nugget, but not what kind of meat it was. It was awful and I didn't eat them after the first one, but a coke, fries, and the nuggets were all for 2 pounds. Cheapest thing I’ve bought in London so far. But NEVER again. Haha. Then after that, Jaynann and another girl and I found our way to Westminster and found the group again. That was a rewarding feeling. There was a boys school near Westminster Abby and we found ourselves getting all excited, when in reality they all had probably just hit puberty. Oh… the appeal of pre-pubescent London boys. Haha jk. But anyway, we went into two groups into the Abby (Westminster Crabby! Haha. Carlee, you should get that reference—Winning London) and it was an awe inspiring experience. I got to light a candle and say a silent prayer and put it there. I felt really peaceful the rest of the time and had a good feeling the whole time I was in the Abby. It was huge and so many famous monarchs and writers (Austen and Bronte, etc.) are buried there. The only thing that was lame is that it was way colder in there than outside. After that, we took a group and went to go get broadway tickets, but then didn’t and I’m glad. Chicago is not on the top of my list, and the shows are still expensive even though they are cheaper in London. So we headed back for dinner, ate a very unpleasant dinner ever (the people that cook it are so nice, but it tasted legitimately like vomit to me). I knew that after that dinner I would be getting some kind of snack. Oh btw, LION bars by Nestle… best things ever. I got that when we looked around the mall near us. But I bought dessert beyond that. We went to Picadilly Circus and stumbled upon Patisserie Valerie, one of the things in my London for Dummy’s book that was supposed to be super popular. It was one of the most amazing things ever. I got an apple tart and every one of the other girls’ desserts was incredible. I want all of them and every day. I wish American bakeries were that good. After that, I was ready to go home.

For the record... my legs have never been so sore in my whole life. If I don't have toned legs and a nice butt when I come back, I'm going to be very surprised and slightly disappointed. I think we walk an average of 8-10 miles a day. At least. Actually, I have no clue about distances, but it feels like we walk an awful lot, even when we do take the tube because we are exploring. It's like being at Disneyland every day.