Day Four of a Tale of Two Cities

 To begin the fourth day of our journey we went on a tour and saw some more neat things. Above is a church if you noticed the holes in the walls that is bomb damage from WWII.

 This is another church that was bombed that was on the unluckier side. All that was left standing was  a few walls and the steeple. Now it is a garden, below is a picture.

This is the Fire of London monument to commerate where the fire started.

Do you Disney Lovers recognize this place? Yes, it is the place where they shot the song "Feed The Birds" in the movie Mary Poppins.
                                              
Above is Simpsons which is famous for being in the Sherlock Holmes books and holding the National Chess Club Championship.
                                               
                                                           Big Ben

Next we went to the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace.

You can tell how the weather was that day at Buckingham Palace. Nasty!!!

Next we went to Warwick Castle and here are some pictures.

It was creepy the peacocks were just running around. What was cool was that we got to stay after hours and learn how to sword fight, shoot a bow and arrow, and much more.

Day Three of a Tale of Two Cities

This is a statue of George Washington, yes our founding father. We drove past this on the third day.

 This is a group picture of everyone after our meeting with  former member of Parliament Patrick Nicholls.Then we went to Trafalgar Square  and we saw a lot of neat things.

 This is one of the neat things I saw. Note the size and now look below.

 Here is a countdown to the 2012 Olympics.

 Here are some pictures from the Winston Churchill WWII rooms.

                           
Above is what the rooms of most of the people down in the war rooms slept in. Below is what Winston Churchill's rooms looked liked.

Day Two of a Tale of Two Cities

 The second day was a lot of fun the first thing we did was head to an acting class. In the acting class we did a lot of things that helped us work together as a team and improve our acting skills.

This was on top of a building, it is a little ballerina. It reminded me so much of my ballerina sisters.

This is a church and if you noticed the arch above the door is a beautiful picture. Below is a close up of it.

We saw that church on the way to our lunch with Henry VIII.

                                         Here is Henry VIII.

  Next we went to the Tower of London and here is a picture of my friends and I with a Beefeater. The Beefeaters are the guardians of the ravens. The ravens are guarded because there is an old legend that if the ravens ever go away the White Tower will crumble and a great disaster will befall London. After that we went to see "Wicked" the play and that was how we ended our day.

Day One of a Tale of Two Cities

 This summer I went on a trip with the People to People program to England and France for a two week adventure. Our trip began in England and the first thing we did was head to Runnymede. This is where the John F. Kennedy and Magna Carta Memorial are.

 This is me with the John F. Kennedy Memorial. The memorial and surrounding symbolic acre of land was given by Queen Elizabeth II to the citizens of the United States of America in 1965. It was designed by Sir Geoffry Jellico and is mantained by the Kennedy Trust.

 As we were heading to the Magna Carta Memorial we walked by this which I thought was really neat, below is the tree.

 Here is the Magna Carta Memorial which was designed by Sir Edward Maufe. It was erected in 1957 by the American Bar Association.

                                          After that we headed to Windsor Castle.

 This is a statue of Queen Victoria, while on my on my trip I saw many statues of her.

                              This is the top of a light post. I thought this was so cool.

                                   

 My leader told me that all the swans belong to the Queen and that if you harm a swan you will be breaking the law.

                                                  Only on the sidewalks of England.

                            Next we went to the British Museum and here are some mummys.

                Next we went to the London Eye and rode the 45 minutes ride around.

                                                     View from the top.

                                              Me with Big Ben in the background.