A Museum, Cathedral and Garden.

Today has been wonderful and busy! I woke up at 7 (I don't know how I did that...me and Alyssa stayed up til 1am writing letters!) and after breakfast took the tube to St. Paul's station. From there our group met up and went to the London Museum together. Half of the exhibits are closed for renovation...but what we DID see was pretty interesting!

My favorite part was at the end, there was a book dedicated for all those who lost their lives in the terrorist attacks of 2005 of the London transportation system. There was a book dedicated to the people whose lives were cut short, each with a memoir written by family and friends. Sometimes with tragedies like that you forget that these people had rich lives with people they love and potentials to be filled-this book made their losses real and personal and was really touching to read. It's kind of eerie thinking I'm where that happened. Today has been wonderful and busy! I woke up at 7 (I don't know how I did that...me and Alyssa stayed up til 1am writing letters!) and after breakfast took the tube to St. Paul's station. From there our group met up and went to the London Museum together. Half of the exhibits are closed for renovation...but what we DID see was pretty interesting! My favorite part was at the end, there was a book dedicated for all those who lost their lives in the terrorist attacks of 2005 of the London transportation system. There was a book dedicated to the people whose lives were cut short, each with a memoir written by family and friends. Sometimes with tragedies like that you forget that these people had rich lives with people they love and potentials to be filled-this book made their losses real and personal and was really touching to read. It's kind of eerie thinking I'm where that happened.

After the Museum we got lunch at Pret A Manger, a sandwich place just down the street. Then we walked towards St Paul's Cathedral and spent some time looking in the shops nearby while we waited for our group.

The Cathedral was absolutely amazing! It's hard to believe that anything that magnificent can be constructed by humans. But really. The details on the massive ceiling-and everywhere else-were unreal. It took 35 years to rebuild after the Great Fire, but even that seems like a short time for something so amazing to be built. The dome was closed so we couldn't go up to the very top, but we did get to go to the whispering gallery, where if you whisper against the wall it's magnified and people can hear you from far away! (Kind of a bad explanation...) After the Cathedral I went to Covent Gardens with a few girls and just looked around at the shops and stands. We did a ton of walking today and was so excited to head back to the Centre for dinner and a chair to sit in.

Mary and Sarah had a little...dispute...over who would get the fort they built under one of the bunk beds, so we held a court in the sitting room. The fort has been demolished...Dinner was wonderful and now I'm getting hungry sitting here in my room but I already brushed my teeth so I don't want to eat again! Plus, we can't have food in our rooms because of the rat problem...I'd rather not invite them to our room with crumbs I'd be sure to leave.