So I left off on what we did Saturday and so Sunday morning we woke up rather early to go to a communion service at Westminster abbey. The service was a lot shorter then we had thought and so we were left to figure out last minute what we wanted to do for the day. We ended up seeing people from Capers at the service and afterwards we went and had coffee and figured out what there was so do so early on sun. We walked around the old part of London for awhile and just took in the old buildings and such and then made our way down to Buckingham place and walked through the gardens and this cute path thing towards where all the embassies are. The group found the only Timmies in London which is just Timmies coffee at this little store. Apparently not really the real deal but good enough for most of us. We continued to walk and look in shops and that. I found myself a really pretty dress for really cheap for when we are in Paris. We went and picked up Beths family from the Airport and then me and Brianna and Aaron headed back to the hostel to eat and then head out to Hillsong United Church Service. It was soo amazing and sweet and I loved every minute of it. They had awesome music and an awesome message of Faith, Hope and Love. There was so many people there and they do it inside of this Theatre.
Monday was a very stressful unhappy day. It was probably the worst days on our trip. It was me and Brianna stuck with our fellow Aaron who we felt like we were dragging around the city. Plus it was rainning all day. Not a very pleasant way to spend the day. Our day went like this we went to the tower Bridge and the sites around there where we walked across the bridge and and then we had lunch. We were suppose to meet up with Beth and Christy and family at Hyde Park Christmas market but they left before we got there so we three went anyway. It really wasnt the day to do an outside Christmas, cause it was pouring rain out side. But when we entered the park we believe that we saw Will and Kate driving. It looked exactly like them and they were in a nice car and then we found a picture on line of them in that same area. As we were walking around the market we happened to have lost Aaron and we did not purposely lose him, we didnt mind but we didnt do it on purpose. We waited around and looked for him for a good half hour but we were cold and tired and done. We were becoming grumpy unhappy people and so we walked to where Beth and company where and found them and walked around the expensive shopping district and did some window shopping which made our moods a lot better. Turns out Aaron stayed at the market looking for us for a few hours. We saw the place where Beth and company are staying, my pants where really wet and so we tried to dry them in the washer/ dryer but it washed them instead of dried them and I still dont have them back because we have washed them I think 3 times now. For some reason we cant figure out how to dry. Oh and our night got even better we had a orange flashing light outside our room all night and then a fire alarm go off on a regular bases throughout the night
Tuesday was a much better day. It started off soo much better, it was sunny and sorta warm. We have really nice hostel roommates from Austria who are heading over to Canada in a week to snowboard, anywho I was talking to the girl who was such a sweetheart and we were sitting and planning what we were both going to do. We went and got coffee, I had a London fog that actually tasted like one, no one knows what it is. We meet up with Beth and Company at Abbey road where the Beatles crossed, and yes we took the wonderful picture of us 4 girls crossing and we sign our names on the wall and then we headed over to Regents Park, which is gorgeous and beautiful. We stopped at the London Zoo and spent the afternoon there. It was cool we got to see all sorts of animals including, llamas, reptiles, giraffes and soo much more. It started getting cold and the zoo closed early because of the season so we didnt get to see everything. Afterward we walked down to Camden Market and looked around for a bit. It is such different shopping down there then where we are used to shopping. It was kinda like where all the immigrants go to get work and hang out. We went back to the where Beth is staying and hung out before going for dinner at this East Indian food place. It was really yummy and I miss actual Indian food. We got back to the hostel late and slept and woke up to Wed.
Which is today, Today it was just Brianna and I hanging out, we went to the National Gallery and National Portait gallery where we realized after awhile all the old photos that are painted of people start looking the same. We enjoyed the modern photography and the Paintings of landscapes or random cool looking things that dont envovle people. After we were done we had a lot of time left and didnt know what to do so we wandered up and down the streets of London looking in shops and what not. We went into a few modern photo galleries and found an antique maps place. The guy was really nice and let us look around and actually let us touch this 400 year old map of England which was so cool. Didnt look anything like England but was so sweet to touch it. i found my self better walking shoes as well and found awesome couture shops where the clothes where on the runway. That made my day it was so cool and the guy didnt care if we touched them. We were really tired so we headed back early took a peek in the Library again and then we are off to bed.
Missing you all right now but I am having a great time. I am getting used to being with prettty much me and Brianna and exploring and not feeling so frightened and stressed. We have figure out how to work the Subway and we use it all the time. I love it best invention ever. We are eating sandwiches and soup from tesco, cheapest way to eat plus we eat rather little and walk a lot so I am hoping those extra pounds from school that I have gained come off my body. I am wearing the same clothes again and feel like a traveling student who has very little money and on a very tight budget. I have to say we have found places around here that sell Reeses Chocolate bars which have made us girls soo very happy its been 3 months with out chocolate with peanut butter in it. I have missed them a lot. That Is all for now, Pray for safety and that I might not be too homesick with in the coming days of Christmas being around the corner. I am looking forward to the rest of my travels and will continue to update.
Lots of Love Moriah
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