Hi Everybody,
This post will cover two days. On the first day Suzanne came down from Scotland to see us.We all started off at the Imperial War Museum ( Except for dad who was away visiting Oxford). We went to an exhibit on World War I and walked through a submarine. They were both pretty cool. We then went to the London Eye, it's this gigantic Ferris Wheel in London that takes half an hour to go around. You could see almost everything in London. The best view is of Big Ben and the Parliament buildings. We had to get on and off of the Eye while it was moving which was kind of freaky.
We then walked down the path by the Eye and watched street performers. We saw a balancing act and tons of dancing. When one guy was break dancing he asked Colin to come and do some of the dance moves he told him to do. When he asked for another volunteer Colin "suggested" me. So I had to go and dance in front of everybody. It was incredibly embarrassing. We then rode a double decker bus to our fine English dinner - a pizza restaurant.
Day 2:
Today we went to see Stonehenge on our English countryside tour guided by Suzanne. It was amazing, the stones were way bigger than they looked in the pictures and came from 240 miles away. We got audio tours and got to walk around it but you couldn't go too close. It may not seem advanced but they used lots of techniques that are what keep it standing today. We then left and because we were starving stopped in a small town for lunch. We then went to Avesbury to look at this giant circle of stones put down VERY long ago. The site was on top of a huge deposit of chalk that you could cut out of the ground and use. There were sheep roaming freely among the stones so the ground was covered with sheep dung. There was a huge ditch that had been dug around the site that Colin and I loved to run around in. By the time we got back to London it was 8PM so we are now about to go to sleep.
P.S. Check out some new photos on our Flickr site:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/42179806@N08/sets/72157622225270595/
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Dear Madeleine,
ReplyDeleteWe are most impressed by how articulate you are on your blog. Keep up the good work of keeping us up-to-date on your exciting and educational Grand Tour of Europe. We are so glad that you got to meet Stephen, Lisa, Blaise and Dylan. Much love to all of you.
Auntie Andrea, Grandma Alicia and Valerie Camila
P.S. The pics are lovely. Wish we were there with you!!
ReplyDeleteTo Maddie:
ReplyDeleteWOAH! I would be scared out of my wits to ride the London Eye. Wow, your so brave!!!!!!! I always wanted to see the Stonehenge. Double Decker Bus? Like in Harry Potter? WAS IT THE SAME COLOR?!?!?!?!?!
-Kate (^_^)
hi mad, it's ME. how exactly are you supposed to get on and off the london eye?please tell me that they were enclosed carriages. did anyone fall off? is the top of a 2-decker bus open?if so, what happens when it rains?what kind of pizza did you get?was it like american pizza?how big is stonehedge?
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