Today we woke up and had breakfast at the hotel, which sucked. Not even close to what I was expecting. Afterwards we showered; to say that was sub-par as well would be an understatement. There was absolutely no water pressure and the stall was tiny. After everyone was ready we took the Tube to a place near Trafalgar Square (I can’t remember the name of the station), which I can’t remember the name of – to see a “changing of the guard” ceremony on horseback. It was pretty cool for the first 10 or so minutes, then they sat and stared at each other…and then half the “new group” dressed in black went to their posts and the others sat and stared a while longer. Then unfortunately it started to rain and no one was prepared for that. When it’d stopped raining we walked towards Buckingham Palace, passing by Green Park, which certainly lives up to its name. Also it had the old fashioned deck chairs, the ones that are just a wooden frame with a piece of striped canvas. When we arrived at Buckingham Palace, it was different than I expected, the actual building was less regal looking than I expected, but there was plenty of gold in the statues and gates around the grounds. After we had spent enough time on the Buckingham Palace grounds, we wandered through a couple of gift shops, and then shortly after we decided it was time for lunch so we went to a nearby café. Since it would be cheaper to do “take-away” I grabbed a beef pie and a soda, and the pie was really good. Soon after lunch Jess, Keegan and I decided it would be as good of time as any to separate and try to get to Wimbledon for a tour…only to find out the grounds were closed since the finals ended the day before. After our failed attempt at visiting Wimbledon we took the train to a place called Covent Garden, which was also a waste because the place we were trying to find closed two years ago. We’d spent ages searching, but at least Covent Garden was a nice area.
After Covent Garden we decided to just go back to the hotel and relax a little bit. Then later I decided I really wanted some traditional fish and chips so we walked around for a while til we found a pub. Once we ordered it took forever to get the food, and we overheard that they’d ran out of fish I began to worry that we weren’t going to get our dinner. Finally about 30 min after we’d ordered we got our fish & chips. On the way back we went to the market to get a soda and then headed back to the reception to eat it…but unfortunately it was already pretty much cold. After dinner I was able to check email and write a couple of people, so that was a nice feeling, being able to stay connected. After I was done with the computer (or rather told it was the next persons turn) we went up to our room to play “cheat” which is a card game just like “BS”. I actually won, which was really cool since I almost never win at cards. Not too long afterwards we went to sleep, and it was already close to midnight.
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