Inns London England

... and I met so many amazing people! We didn't get to bed until around five in the morning. What a welcome to England! Aside from my classes, I've seen several museums (three cheers for Tony Blair and the free national museum movement!), including the ...

Cheers Mates! It's our last 2 days in London. Thursday night after home from Paris we were too tired to actually go out. Friday, November 4th, we got on the road late morning, and we decided to do an unescorted London walking tour that was listed in ...

Let me start out by plainly stating that London is massive and amazing. Words cannot begin to describe how awesome the past 36 hours here have been. That being said, I'll begin the update on things… First, something happened right after I finished ...

... and I was ordered to leave :). Then I received a phone call from a newly made friend studying Law in London who invited me to a tour of the Inns of court and the royal courts of justice. The Inns were amazing (Lincoln's Inn, Inner Temple Inn, Middle ...

... and we went our separate ways. I was honoured to have met him. The Temple Church consists of a Round Church of 1185 (London's oldest Gothic), with the larger "choir", which was added in 1240. The re-redos are by Christopher Wren. I learned ...

This day was much better, as we slowed the pace some.  We returned to the Tower of London and saw some new armor on exhibit, then went into The City and looked around a bit.  The highlight of that part of the day for Julie was definitely a visit ...

... and a wonderful brick structure that used to house the University Hospital.  He took us through the 3 "inns" that make up the courts of London, huge multi-building complexes with sprawling grounds.  He showed us the building he'd grown up ...

... a few hours in Hyde Park. London has had absolutely incredible weather for us the past few days. It hasn't rained once! And I thought London would be a totally different experience. Today especially- it's bright, sunny (no clouds in sight) and HOT out. We ...

After diembarking the ship we took the Train from Priory Station in Dover to Victoria Station in London.  We headed straight for the Cornish Pasties Stand to get lunch.  the caught our first "london black cab" and headed to our ...