Two Full Days in London...

I'm just finishing up my second full day in London, it's been busy, but fun. We walked around London yesterday and saw lots of the major sites... Big Ben, Parliment..etc. Then we were set free in the late afternoon to find dinner. A couple of us took the tube back to the area of our hotel (Russell Square) and grabbed a small dinner at a tesco mart (definitely the way to go for a cheaper meal option), we also found another pub to try out, but we didn't stay very long, I could tell the time change was catching up to me. This morning I gave a presentation on Charles Wesley at the Chapel where John Wesley preached... I actually got to sing one of Charles Wesley's hymns next to his very own pump organ, pretty cool. We also had a quick tour of John's Wesley's house. Afterwards we dashed over to St.Paul's Cathedral in London Town. It was beautiful. I completely forgot if my family went and visited this church while we were in London or not, but I couldn't help but thinking how much mom would love walking around the huge ornate cathedral. We actually climbed all the was to the tippy-top of the dome and got an incredible view of London, along with our very own stair-stepper work out... it was intense! We were free to do our own thing after visiting St.Paul's, so a couple of my tour buddies and I walked over to the Tate Modern Museum, which I'm definitely need to go back to later this month. I got myself lost among Picasso, Matisse, Edvard Munch, Paul Cezanne, and many others... it was wonderful. I need at least a full day to cover that whole museum.
Here comes the part where my sister Clairen is going to freak... I managed to get a stand-by student ticket to Wicked tonight, and it was incredible!! I thought of Clairen the whole time and how much I wished she could've been there with me. Definitely worth the 20 pounds I spent on a 10th row ticket! Heck yes-- I had a great view. So, one show down and so many to go... I can't wait!
After the show I had a little adventure trying to get home because I almost missed the last Victoria line of the evening, but I made it... so no trouble, just a racing pulse ;)
I miss you all... we're headed off to York day after tomorrow and I heard that's wonderful, as much as I love the life of the city, I'm really looking forward to getting out in the country. More later,
Love, Giselle