I Tried to Steal the Crown Jewels- sadly I failed

This morning we woke up early and were determined to get a lot accomplished today. Luckily, we were successful! We had a really good FREE breakfast at our hostel and headed to the Tube.

Our first stop was at the London Tower. We listened to some goofy and gruesome stories told by the yeomen. Then we walked aroung inside all the different towers. The bloody tower was really very sad; they suspect two young princes were killed there! We also went into the white tower were the armoury is held. Very boyish. The Crown Jewels were of course my favorite. I could not get over the gemstones that the crowns and sceptors contained. One of the sceptors holds the largest diamond in the world! The tower took all morning to complete and we were pretty tired afterward.

After the tower, we had our fish and chips. Very good and cheap! Then we went to the Tower Bridge. We went up to the top, which gaves us a great view of the Thames. The Tower bridge is a whole lot prettier than the London Bridge!

Next, we walked along the Thames and made a brief stop at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. We didn't want to pay to go inside but it was just neat to be able to see the actual building where Shakespeare himself directed and wrote plays.

We continued our walk along the river and then crossed back over to St. Paul's Cathedral. St. Paul's is enormous! It didn't look much like a cathedral from the outside; it appeared more like some sort of government building or something. Anyway, Hannah and I had decided earlier that we were not going to pay to enter because we wanted to spend our money elsewhere. Instead, we really lucked out and go to enter for free because they were having a choral service. So I got to see the beautiful inside filled with domes covered in mosaics. It was also neat because we got to listen to the choir, a group of men that sounded like monks!

Tonight, we plan on taking a nap and then waking up at around 11 or so. We want to experience a little bit of London's night life. Nothing too crazy or anything! We can't have too much fun tonight either because we still have lots of stuff to see tomorrow :)

Mom: I am going to try to find you some really good toffee or caramel. Wish me luck! Love you!

-MLE