All Good Things Must Come to an End

Look! I have a street!

So for my last day in London we did a lot of random little things. We started off by going to Chelsea (one of the districts in London). We walked through it for about an hour. Saw lots of things with my name on it. :) Chelsea Bridge, Chelsea Court, Chelsea Embankment, Chelsea Potter, several Chelsea streets, etc. And we bought a mixed berry tart because fruit tarts in London are amazing. We saw one; obviously we had to buy it. :)

Then we went to Baker Street. I hadn’t been there yet and since it was my last day in London I had to go. :) Took several pictures outside and picked up a couple Sherlock Holmes business cards and a miniature violin. Then to continue with our Sherlock adventure we headed to Speedy’s café, which is where the BBC series Sherlock is filmed. It’s the café next to their 221b Baker Street. It was a little café and they had set pictures on the walls. We ate lunch there. We both had their Sherlock Wrap, which was pretty good. It had chicken and bacon and a bunch of veggies and a slightly spicy chili sauce on it.

A Castle, Some Cliffs, and a Cathedral

Leeds Castle

Tuesday was the day of our bus tour. Our first stop was Leeds Castle. Not one of the biggest castles I’ve seen, but the only one with a moat. :) The moat was pretty wide because the castle had been built on two islands inside the moat. The inside was pretty much typical of a castle. Lots of rooms: bedrooms, bathrooms, a library, etc. It was cool. But, my favorite part was the grounds. There were gardens of course and there were peacocks everywhere. But, the highlight (at least for me) was the hedge maze. We didn’t have time to go through the entire maze (we only had about 10 minutes) so we went about halfway and then I took us back out. Mom didn’t think I could get us back out. :)

After Leeds Castle we headed back through the countryside and headed to the white cliffs of Dover. We weren’t able to walk up on top of the cliffs or see the castle on them, but we saw them from the pebble beach in Dover. We were only given 20 minutes to enjoy them and the beach, but it was amazing. They were gorgeous.

Shopping, Shopping, and More Shopping

St. James's Park

For my last Monday in London, Mom and I started off the day by heading to watch the changing of the horse guard. We got there really early and ate breakfast at the park across from the Horse Guard Parade (where the changing of the guard took place). While we were eating we even saw a red fox run around us and hop several fences. It was pretty cute.

After breakfast we headed back over to watch the changing of the guard. It was pretty cool. We were right up against the chain so we were incredibly close to the horses. They walked right next to us. It was cool. The horses were so well-groomed. They looked like velvet. After that we headed up through St. James’s Park to Buckingham Palace. We were able to catch the ending of the changing of the guard at the Palace as well. They played Star Wars music. :)

Beautiful Greenwich

Me and Mom on the boat 

I have my laptop again! Thanks to my spectacularly wonderful aunt Wendy I had a new laptop charger ready and waiting for me when I got home. So, now I can catch up on my blog posts. :)

So I’ll start with my last Sunday in London. Mom and I went on a boat ride down the Thames. And the weather was perfect! Sunny, but not too hot. It was great. It was cool to see all of my favorite places from the river. We rode the boat to Greenwich, so there were several places that we went past that I hadn’t seen before. It was a lot of fun.

Update: Still No Laptop

Alright, the replacement laptop charger plan didn't work out, so no laptop for me until I get back home this weekend. So, this will be my last post from London (because it takes way too long to type on an ipad) but because I'm OCD I'll write the posts for these last couple of days once I get home. Can't leave my blog unfinished. :) So, you'll all have to wait a few days to hear about my final adventures in London. Have fun back home! I miss you all!

Technological Issues in London

Hi guys! I know this isn't my usual post length, but my laptop charger has kicked the bucket. And my laptop is dead. So, no charging my laptop, no charging my phone, and no uploaded pictures until I get it fixed. Fortunately, it should be an easy fix if we can just replace part of the charger. We have found a place in London that might have what we need so we'll try them tomorrow. So, I most likely won't respond to texts until I can charge my phone and I won't put a full post up for today until tomorrow (hopefully). Sorry about the lack of exciting things in this post, but you can look forward to a post about a boat ride and a trip to Greenwich and whatever exciting things we do tomorrow.

I hope you all have a good day and hopefully I'll have the ability to have a longer post tomorrow.

Here's an old picture of Big Ben :)

"Because it is my name!" -John Proctor, The Crucible

Our Israeli(?) lunch!

Started this morning off with lemon poppy seed muffins. Very delicious. We ate them on the way to Camden Market, which is a giant market full of pretty much everything you could ever want from a market. We wandered there for at least 3 hours. Ate some wonderful Israeli(?) food and came back with several more souvenirs: 3 shirts, 5 necklaces, and 1 ring. It was so much fun! Mom really likes the markets in London. J

Then we came back to the hotel to rest for a bit, but we had to buy some tarts first. J We got a raspberry one (it was falling apart so they gave it to us for free) and a strawberry tart. We ate them on the balcony of our room.

After our short rest we headed over to see Big Ben. We wandered around Big Ben, the Houses of Parliament, and Westminster Abbey before walking down to get a quick glimpse at Buckingham Palace (we’ll be going back next week). Then we headed down to Trafalgar Square in search of dinner before our last activity of the night. We ended up at Costa. We got two toasties and two smoothies to go and ate them on the steps. Then we headed across the Thames.