Today we caught the tube (which we have mastered by the way)
to Westminster Abbey. Today was also, apparently, the day that every school
from UK and beyond sent out their students on excursions to all corners of
London.
We arrived at the busy Westminster and followed the audio
guide which took us past graves of kings and queens such as Elizabeth I, and other
influential people such as Charles Darwin.
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| The beautiful stained glass windows inside Westminster |
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| The inner garden of Westminster |
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| The facade |
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| V British |
After finishing the tour by walking around the Abbey’s
gardens and outer rooms, we walked over the bridge to the London Eye. Having
paid for tickets the night prior, we were able to skip the entire (very long)
queue and walk straight into one of the pods. The rotation took 30 minutes
and we were super lucky to get a day with very few clouds so we could see the
whole city below us.
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| Ash napping |
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| Don't worry she's awake |
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| Duo photo 2 |
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| Elise being v pensive |
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| More pensive Elise |
We moved onto the Tower of London, a medieval castle that
was used as a prison, but functioned mostly as a palace for Kings and Queens before
Buckingham Palace was built. The tower
now functions as a museum, where you can walk the ramparts and walk inside the
buildings. It also houses the Crown Jewels with Queenie’s crown! And also a
stupid amount of gold gilded crockery.
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| Ash amongst crowds |
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| Tower of London |
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| Tower bridge from the Tower of London |
Later, we had some time to kill and found a Costa (a coffee shop) with views
of the Tower, it was like a big glasshouse, so we stayed there soaking up the
sun and drinking coffee for about an hour.
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| Why coffee so big?! |
For dinner we went to Soho and found Hummus Bro’s, by
suggestion of Paul and Hannah. Basically you get a bowl of really tasty hummus,
under a topping of your choice. We had the Chicken & guacamole and the
Falafel, with homemade mint and ginger lemonade. It was v yum.
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| OH YEAH HUMMUS |
Finally we headed to see the stage production of ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the
Night-time’, which was SO GOOD! The theatre was full of students, which
resulted in having a very loud and reactive audience. The production was modern and quite minimal. The walls and floor are made of an interactive grid
and it's all very mathematical, with a fun nerdy finish at the end of the
performance. There was a small cast, with only two characters who played only
one role, while the rest played a range of characters. The actors would use
their bodies to portray not just people, but also objects such as doors, coats
and microwaves. They also lifted and spun each other around to allow a
character to appear to be swimming or floating. It was pretty magic.
We had a lot of fun, but our fun continued when we realised
that the underground line (Bakerloo) that is mentioned in the book/performance
was the same line we were taking to get to Paul and Hannah’s house, and that
the station mentioned was only one up from ours! We also passed through the
town where Christopher (the main character) and his father live, the next day
on the train to Bath!
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| The theatre we saw Curious in |
So all-in-all, we had a very busy, but also very exciting
day!
Love A&E
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