LONDON, ENGLAND

Mom and I are now in London, England! Our plane arrived at Heathrow Airport, England one hour early, but we were still in odd states of mind and I felt a little sick (not having really eaten since dinner the day before). We picked up our spirits off the floor, however, and made it to our train - Heathrow district line - heading towards W. Kensington station. I am sure we both looked like stray kittens who've just been taken into a strange house and then dunked into a bathtub - confused and tired. It was only NOON!! So we popped our things into the hotel room and scurried down again to the street where we found ourselves engulfed by noisy busses and small aggressive autos, and shuffling people who walked anywhere they wanted to and dared the cars to hit them. Mom and I, after closely observing this behavior by the other pedestrians, adopted this method as well (and it works!). 

     We ended up buying some postcards (which we sent most of today...until we ran out of stamps) rode the train a bit, and then decided it was time to be done...and we slept.

The next day we decided to walk along the City walk and then over the London Bridge to Bankside (near Cheapside...which, as it turned out, was not so cheap). Along these walks we saw Trafalgar Square (I took mom's photos by the GINORMOUSE lions). We saw a bunch of people gathering around something in a courtyard just across the street from us and so we went over to check it out. It turned out to be some random dancers doing some random dancing...

      AND!!! I ACTUALLY stepped foot...both my feet...into the globe theatre! We stumbled upon St. Paul's cathedral (where a wedding was being held), walked across London bridge, walked down Cheapside, and went in and then out of the Tate Modern theater (to be revisited on a later date..I promise). We ate sandwiches from a TESCO on a lawn with tons of other people taking advantage of the beautiful day! 

          We are now nestled in our hotel room, ready for another night's sleep...

Tomorrow is Westminster Abbey!!