London

While in London we stayed at a place called the Wigram House in Westminster, and it was wonderful. It was a college dorm that was cheaper than almost any place we've stayed at so far, and also the most hospitable, plus we had our own separate dorm rooms. Pepe go a little sick from traveling so much and not getting much sleep, so while sleeping off his illness I saw Buckingham Palace, Picadelly Square, Westminster Abbey, the London Eye, and Big Ben and Parliament. Then I caught a train to the Tower of London to get my bearings for the next morning. The next morning Pepe was feeling much better so we woke up early and caught a tube ride over to the Tower of London. It wouldn't open until 10 am so we walked on Tower Bridge for a bit and then went into the Tower of London. We made reservations for it ahead of time so we avoided the lines and probably saved some money, which was nice. We saw the Bloody Tower (where the two princes were supposedly murdered), Traitors' Gate, the Crown Jewels, and went on a Beef-eater tour. One of the towers had writing etched on the walls from the many prisoners held captive there, including the King of Scotland during the time of William Wallace. We then went to the British Museum and saw a lot of artifacts and sculptures. My favorite part of all of London was going to this museum, and in particular seeing parts of the pediment and other pieces of the Parthenon (The British have many nice things from all over the world, from the time that they were the world's superpower when they had a very strong navy. In fact, I thought that the Port Authority building was one of the most impressive structures in London. ). Seeing the actual pediment of the Parthenon was amazing for me because it is over 2000 years old and it is pretty much the most important part of the most important piece of architecture in the world (at least in my opinion). If I had more time in London I would have spent the whole day in that museum. We stayed till it closed and walk around a bit for the rest of the night. The next morning (which was this morning) we headed straight to the St. Pancras train station a few hours ahead of time to make sure we wouldn't miss our train to Paris. We took the Eurostar train which travels through the English Channel, which was a fun experience since it is only a couple years old and we traveled under water. And so voila, here we are in Paris. Alright I'm going to sleep now. Goodnight. Tomorrow I will live the life of a Parisian.

Big Ben and the Eye of London


Tower Bridge

Tower of London

Pediment from the Parthenon (now inside the British Museum)!


The Rosetta Stone (broke the code for deciphering hieroglyphics)!