This morning, which seemed extremely early, we wake up to March telling us that he'll be downstairs having the free breakfast drinking tea. Haha. So Deija and I climb out of bed and go down about 6 flights of stairs to the breakfast. March has already drank a whole tea pot full already! We sat down and tried to have our best manners, we didn't know whether we have to use a spoon to put the sugar cubes in our coffee or if we just used our hands.. We used the spoons just in case haha Deija and March got the English breakfast which consist of baked beans, bacon, an egg, sausage, and toast. I had the other one which was cereal, a croissant, banana, and toast. I couldn't get enough of the OJ! Later we figured out that what we thought was creamer was actually just milk haha I was still extremely tired still so I took a shower to wake myself up, it sorta worked.
We soon set out to explore more of London! We first walked down to the Buckingham palace to watch the changing of the guards, we walked 30 minutes before it started so we could get a good spot, it only happens once a day. It felt so amazing to be so close to something that was such a big deal, it last about an hour. I saw bits and pieces of it whenever I jumped high enough to see over the guys shoulder in front of me. He seemed like a giant after 40 minutes of standing on my tippy toes. Near the end more people were leaving so I got to see about the last 10 to 15 minutes of it clearly. Some of the people moved so I could see at that time and as soon as I was able to see it clearly it was so great! It takes so much discipline to be able to stand there perfectly still with a huge fluffy hat on for what must seem like forever.
After that we walked to the British Art Museum. We are getting really good at following the maps and finding our way around. As we are walking up the steps to the beautiful museum we notice a street performer putting on some so show. He was really funny and seemed psychotic! First he said he was going to swallow a sword but right afterwards he said he couldn't lie to us and he showed us that is was fake hahaha then he stripped down into his boxers which were very patriotic, then he pulled a guy out of the crowd, he made him lay down as he walked over him juggling machetes. It was intense! Then he kept putting off his next trick which was him laying on a bed of nails with another chest sized piece of wood with more nails coming out. He had some guys out of the crowd put the chest piece on him as he laid in between all these long, sharp nails as a larger guy stand on top of it all! He last lasted 20 seconds in it all! I was impressed. Now we head into the museum, all of the painting were so beautiful, I can't really describe it. It was like nothing I have seen before. I could stare and one painting all day for hours and still notice new things about it. These paintings were so expressive, you could sense what the artist was trying to capture and every little detail was there for a certain reason.
As we left we sat on the steps looking out at the beauty of London. There were two big fountains on the side, the lions in the middle, then one of the arches and Big Ben in the distance. It still so hard to believe that I'm in London, it's so much to take in. It was just a perfect moment sitting on those steps, observing all the different people and culture surrounding me. So far this has been an amazing, unforgettable experience. We sat there for an hour.
We walked our way to The British Museum, it is huge. Everything was so ancient and interesting. There was stuff from alllll around the world, mainly from Greece, Mesopotamia, and Egypt. They had old jewelry, along with shields and swords too mummies and coffins. We saw old tools and ancient coins. The pillars and statues are huge! The big statues are intimidating and they have managed to put pieces back together to a lot of the stuff. The mummy exhibit was my favorite, it was so unbelievable. Some of them weren't even wrapped, others had x-rays and you could see where the bones are. We also saw the Rosetta Stone, I couldn't believe how close I was to all of these magnificent finds. Overall I was really impressed, I think my jaw was dropped and my eyes were studying something the whole time. I'm glad I got to see all of it, I'll probably never get another chance again.
All of our stomachs are empty by now so we find a market and we buy some sandwich making food. The doughnuts looked so delicious, it was hard to walk away. We spent our money very wisely. After buying a key chain from a very nice gentleman who gave me a discount we arrived to the hotel. We made our sandwiches, they weren't the best but they were good enough to satisfy us. Deija and I decide that we wanted some Nutella to go with our bread. We had some this morning so we decide to take a Nutella run. We emptied one of our sacks and creeped down the stairs. To get Nutella we had to sneak into the dining area and take the packets off the tables... We felt sort of bad about it, thinking things like, 'When they wake up to make breakfast, no one will have Nutella on their tables!' But that factor made it more fun. We got enough packets that would last us all night, it was DELICIOUS!!
We did a lot today, unforgettable things. Tomorrow we will be checking out of the hotel around 11:00 so we got our backpacks altogether and ready to go! I'm going to miss this little hotel, It has a lot of personality.
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