Today, we all woke up early to take a tour of London by Coach! coaches are buses. Our tour guide, Brit, told us all sorts of cool information while we basically saw all the tourist spots in London while moving. Big Ben, Trafalgar, the tour of london, the markets, the alley where they filmed Diagon Alley in the first Harry Potter Movie, The House of Parliament, The Ministry of Justice, Tower Bridge, London Bridge, Scotland Yard, Harrod's, Several monuments, and then we stopped and walked to Buckingham Palace and saw the Changing of the Guard! It was the Welsh Regimen because they had 5 buttons on their jacket for the 5th regimen and green and white feathers in their fuzzy black hats :) Then we all got back on the bus and went back to Metrograte (headquarters for my program) and all went out to lunch at a pub nearby. I got a salad and bread and butter which was light and cheap ;) Our waiter was particularly helpful and jumpy and when we left a 10% tip (customary here) because he served us, he was very excited. Later, we found out tipping is only in sit down restaurants, not pubs, even if they serve you. Weird rules. So I guess he knew we were Americans lol. He also thought I asked what sorts of "cheese" they had instead of "teas," it was quite adorable. At 2 we met back at Manson Place (our residence) and had a walking tour around Kingston, the borough of London we're staying in. Our guide, Angie, was quite funny. She used to live here with a bunch of friends because an elderly lady let her top floor to them at an absurdly low rate of 900 someodd pounds a month, untill her lawyer told her she was crazy and they all moved out. She said:
Friday, 26 June 2009
Tours galore!
This is actually from Sunday June 21st... yes I am behind. ;)
Today, we all woke up early to take a tour of London by Coach! coaches are buses. Our tour guide, Brit, told us all sorts of cool information while we basically saw all the tourist spots in London while moving. Big Ben, Trafalgar, the tour of london, the markets, the alley where they filmed Diagon Alley in the first Harry Potter Movie, The House of Parliament, The Ministry of Justice, Tower Bridge, London Bridge, Scotland Yard, Harrod's, Several monuments, and then we stopped and walked to Buckingham Palace and saw the Changing of the Guard! It was the Welsh Regimen because they had 5 buttons on their jacket for the 5th regimen and green and white feathers in their fuzzy black hats :) Then we all got back on the bus and went back to Metrograte (headquarters for my program) and all went out to lunch at a pub nearby. I got a salad and bread and butter which was light and cheap ;) Our waiter was particularly helpful and jumpy and when we left a 10% tip (customary here) because he served us, he was very excited. Later, we found out tipping is only in sit down restaurants, not pubs, even if they serve you. Weird rules. So I guess he knew we were Americans lol. He also thought I asked what sorts of "cheese" they had instead of "teas," it was quite adorable. At 2 we met back at Manson Place (our residence) and had a walking tour around Kingston, the borough of London we're staying in. Our guide, Angie, was quite funny. She used to live here with a bunch of friends because an elderly lady let her top floor to them at an absurdly low rate of 900 someodd pounds a month, untill her lawyer told her she was crazy and they all moved out. She said:
"At midnight my landlady would call and say 'Angela! I saw 12 boys go into your flat, and only 6 come down!' ... and 6 very disappointed men would leave the party. Oh and the former prince used to live just there and before he got curtains I could see him changing! He had very skinny legs."
She took us through to the Iraq embassy where we weren't allowed to take photos and they had armed guard because it was bombed last year. We also saw a mew! where they used to keep the horses in these "stables" hundreds of years ago that are now cute narrow streets with tiny apartments. these go for 2 million pounds and are owned by rich families with grand estates in the country ;) Then we walked to Hyde Park and saw the Kensington Palace where Princess Diana used to live, and walked back to our flat. We went out to dinner at a local pub and I spent the night in because I was so tired from the plane. A domani (until tomorrow!)
Today, we all woke up early to take a tour of London by Coach! coaches are buses. Our tour guide, Brit, told us all sorts of cool information while we basically saw all the tourist spots in London while moving. Big Ben, Trafalgar, the tour of london, the markets, the alley where they filmed Diagon Alley in the first Harry Potter Movie, The House of Parliament, The Ministry of Justice, Tower Bridge, London Bridge, Scotland Yard, Harrod's, Several monuments, and then we stopped and walked to Buckingham Palace and saw the Changing of the Guard! It was the Welsh Regimen because they had 5 buttons on their jacket for the 5th regimen and green and white feathers in their fuzzy black hats :) Then we all got back on the bus and went back to Metrograte (headquarters for my program) and all went out to lunch at a pub nearby. I got a salad and bread and butter which was light and cheap ;) Our waiter was particularly helpful and jumpy and when we left a 10% tip (customary here) because he served us, he was very excited. Later, we found out tipping is only in sit down restaurants, not pubs, even if they serve you. Weird rules. So I guess he knew we were Americans lol. He also thought I asked what sorts of "cheese" they had instead of "teas," it was quite adorable. At 2 we met back at Manson Place (our residence) and had a walking tour around Kingston, the borough of London we're staying in. Our guide, Angie, was quite funny. She used to live here with a bunch of friends because an elderly lady let her top floor to them at an absurdly low rate of 900 someodd pounds a month, untill her lawyer told her she was crazy and they all moved out. She said:
"At midnight my landlady would call and say 'Angela! I saw 12 boys go into your flat, and only 6 come down!' ... and 6 very disappointed men would leave the party. Oh and the former prince used to live just there and before he got curtains I could see him changing! He had very skinny legs."
She took us through to the Iraq embassy where we weren't allowed to take photos and they had armed guard because it was bombed last year. We also saw a mew! where they used to keep the horses in these "stables" hundreds of years ago that are now cute narrow streets with tiny apartments. these go for 2 million pounds and are owned by rich families with grand estates in the country ;) Then we walked to Hyde Park and saw the Kensington Palace where Princess Diana used to live, and walked back to our flat. We went out to dinner at a local pub and I spent the night in because I was so tired from the plane. A domani (until tomorrow!)
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