And thus, begins the first official day of travel in the land of Europe. It's sightly amusing how every time I see that word, "Europe," I think back to German class in which we specifically pronounce it 'Europe-EH'. Anyway, I have been residing in my Aunt's [and her husband's..] home which is inconveniently -- though, perhaps less inconvenient for us -- a two person house. This means that my sister and I sleep in the guest room, my brother, mother and father sleep in the master bedroom and poor Aunt and Uncle have been forced into the little study on the floor. So as soon as dad arrived yesterday, his guilt persuaded him to book us into a hotel not tonight, but tomorrow night.
ANYWAY, onto the actual sightseeing of the day. In order to record all this down, I have to actually look through my photos otherwise I can't remember. We live reeeeally far out from London, so we basically drove for 45 minutes and then took a train for 10 minutes right into the heart of London, and as soon as we got out, we saw the absolutely stunning architecture of this country. Seriously, I have never seen anything cooler. The streets are absolutely stunning. So then we walked around and walked through this park, came across a Canadian memorial for the Canadians that fought with the British in the wars and then, right across the road was Buckingham Palace! Seriously, I mean, Buckingham Palace? Funny story though, I saw all these boys in black and red shirts and then, I realised, they were from Xavier College! Haha, and they had those amazing accents too that I miss so much. :] So after that, we walked to the Gaurd's House and waited around for about 20 minutes 'till we saw the changing of the guards and then later walked down Downing st. to see the Prime Minister's house and all the government buildings. Just next door was Westminster Abbey and Big Ben! :] We then walked across Westminster bridge to County Hall, had lunch at Maccas and saw the London Eye [it was WAYYY too slow for us to bother going on it] and then walked back across the bridge to Convent Garden Markets and saw a heap of street performers. They were awesome. Then we walked back to the British Museum and saw some AMAZING artefects. :]
Then we took a bus down Oxford St. all the way until some random station and then went back. Photos in a second.
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