London

Well I have been in London since Saturday and I am now on a train under the English Channel heading for Amsterdam. Pretty sweet, right? London was great! I really liked it. I am excited to continue our trip and get out into more countryside for a little bit.

Yesterday was one of my favorite days. We started the morning off going to the Tower of London where we saw the crown jewels and a lot of other stuff. It was Brilliant, as they say in Britain—quite exquisite.

After that a few of us we made our way to the British Library. There we saw some of the Beatles handwritten lyrics on papers and envelopes and stuff. It was sweet. They also had original scores written by Handel, Mozart, Beethoven, and more. They were written in tiny handwriting. Other treasures: writings by Jane Austen, Tyndale Bible, Guttenberg Bible, and the Magna Carta.

We grabbed lunch after and on our way to the post office we saw a group of people standing outside this huge hotel. They all had cameras, so we made our way up there to find out what was happening. Spice Girls were there! Apparently they are making their songs in to a west end musical called Viva Forever. We discovered Victoria Beckham had already left, which was a bummer. We waited around for another half hour for the others but we had to leave to get to Harry Potter.  I took this picture of a guys laptop who took a picture of Victoria aka Posh.

We barely made it to the Warner Bros. Harry Potter studio tour with a few miracles on the way. It was pretty sweet. We didn’t have enough money for the bus ride back and the man just let us get on. Thank heavens. It was so far away.

We went to Singing in the Rain last night. Definitely a highlight. It was so fun! They had real rain and we were in the third row so they splashed us as they were dancing. Loved it!