Friday, January 15th

Today was a very long and exhausting day. We had to wake up early, be out the door by 8:45am, and meet at the Tower of London. We spent three hours at the Tower of London and boy were my feet tired! We saw the crown jewels. They were shiny, but the guards wouldn’t let me play dress up. After the Tower of London, we met our school again and headed to borough market. That was really cool! Tons of different vendors selling meats, fish, fruits, vegetables, etc. It was a giant farmers market. Everything looked amazing. We got lunch there. I found a stall that made their own veggie burger patties. They were made completely out of fresh vegetables. I got it on a bun with some kind of chutney. It was so good! The market was a lot of fun!

After, we were on our own to do as we pleased. Allyson and I joined a bunch of other girls, and went to Leicester Square to buy tickets for Chicago. We split up, because they all wanted to buy tickets quick, but Allyson and I preferred to look for cheaper tickets. We found our tickets for just under 20 GBP. We were very satisfied. We went back to the centre for dinner, then got ready for our first London theatre experience! Allyson and I left the group early, so that we could travel to the theatre to help two other girls find cheap tickets like ours. We finally all made it to the venue. Chicago was playing at the Cambridge Theatre. The play was pretty good. Allyson had never seen the movie before, so I purchased a used copy the day before. We hope to watch it tomorrow. I didn’t like the actress who played Roxie, because one, she didn’t have blonde hair, and two, I didn’t like her speaking voice. She had too low of a voice. The songs were great though. Our seats were really high up, but our view was unobstructed. The main problem with being so high up is that heat rises, so the upper section was uncomfortably hot. Still had fun. I think I like the movie better. We are going to watch it soon.

Well that was my day. Good night!