Tres Cool. Day 3.

Today...is the day my life got 150000000000086857697874635142 times better, because I went into London for the first time ever. One could say that this grand city could be described as New York except 20 bijillion times cleaner, more historical, and awesomer. Our day started off with a pleasant stroll through the Museum of London. We covered every period of history London had to offer which consists of the Prehistoric era, Roman Britain era, Early British Kingdoms, Anglo-Saxon England, Medieval Britain, the Reformation and Restoration, and finally the age of the Empire. Upon further exploration of London, I found the sudden urge to burst out into a rendition of "Feed the Birds" from Mary Poppins as the pigeons were quite literally flying in our faces. Let me pose a question...does 311 steps sound like a terribly difficult climb? Well friends...it is. However, I'm proud to say that I'm now a certified climber of The Great Fire monument, which by the way has a fantastic view of the River Thames. My camera started to flake out on me during the walk around St. Paul's Cathedral....so I didnt capture every single moment necessarily. Ah well. I did manage to get some shopping done for folks back home that I'm quite excited to share. I will admit that I dont care much for the financial aspect in regards to England's history...however the Bank of England's museum was actually quite interesting and Im immensely impressed with their massive evolution of currency. American currency is lame. Thats all I have to say. We concluded our outting with a walk across the Millenium Bridge which made an appearance in one of the Harry Potter movies. A note about upper class Business Brits...they're not exactly the friendliest people. On a dare to get a pedestrian to return my wave...I lost...many a time. In fact they avert your eyes all together. Ah well. We did manage to learn cockney slang rhymes in a quest to determine whether there was in fact a British rapper. One such slur goes something like this: STICK THAT IN YOUR YARD OF TRIPE AND SMOKE IT! Another such humorous moment of the day was hearing a native Brit, Mrs. Knight (our historian of the day) attempt an American accent....it was ...interesting. Even amongst the students, culture shock is apparent. For instance, some of these guys from California, and New York had never tasted Bojangles and had no clue what Deer Park water is, or Five Guys. This has just been one ginormous learning adventure and I'm in no hurry for it to end! Tomorrow were traipsing about London until we get to The Tower of London! Thats all Folks!