Our class for Thursday was on Rock N Roll bragging rights between the US and UK. Basically we watched a lot of great music videos on Youtube for a couple of hours. It was awesome.
On our coffee break, I skipped out on the coffee to go talk to ISA because I have had trouble using my card to withdraw money. Nothing really got resolved at that point. Anyway, our teacher let us out early because it was sunny and beautiful out so Lindsey and I went to a few shops and then stopped at The George for lunch. I had the chicken and bacon club with salad and I ordered a coffee there. We thought it was a good sign because there were a lot of people there and we were right. It was the best sandwich I've had so far!
After lunch we headed out to where the Tudors lived, Hampton Court Palace. The palace is beautiful and incredible in size. While there Lindsey and I toured Henry VIII's apartments, his kitchens, Williams III's apartments, Mary II's Apartments and the Georgian Private apartments. Everything was endless in size and furnished with their belongings and artifacts. The best part was the gardens though. They were GORGEOUS. My favorites were the rose garden and the pond gardens because of their beauty and smell. We also ventured out into the Great Fountain Garden and the Privy Garden. At the palace I found my first London penny machine so I had to get one! It is much more expensive though, so it will probably be the only one I get. Instead of 50 cents it is 1 pound and witth the exchange rate right now that's about $1.50. Ouch.
On our way back we had to top up our oyster cards because we were out in zone 5 and our cards are unlimited only for zones 1 and 2. We figured it out though and didn't have to pay an 80 pound fine lol.
We detoured on our way home and stopped at King's Cross to check out Platform 9 3/4. It has been moved from its original location between 9 and 10 because it was causing a commotion and people that were actually trying to get on the trains at 9 and 10 weren't able to. It is still cool even though it is outside the platforms now. Here we met up with Oniwa and CJ and we went back to their apartment so that I could get Oniwa's cord for transferring my photos to my tablet.
I picked up two papers today, City A.M. and the Evening Standard. They are free papers that they hand out to people riding the tube =)
Friday is an ISA excursion to Windsor Castle! I'll write another post other the weekend with some funny differences and stories. Cheers!
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