Last Day in London

Today was our last full day in London and it was a busy day! We began our day by eating breakfast at the hotel and soon after, several of us students met in the hotel lobby to take off on a morning adventure.

We began our morning adventure by taking the subway to Harrods. Harrods is a very large, high-class department store in London. And we certainly didn't expect to be able to afford anything there. However, it turns out that we were able to afford something there… CUPCAKES! There’s a food court of sorts in the middle of this department store but it’s unlike any food court I've ever seen. There are several different sections such as fruits, candy, chocolate, baked goods…there was even an Asian restaurant.  It was quite impressive. I chose a rocky road cupcake and it was yummy. Normally I would add a photo now to show you the yummy cupcake that I bought, but in the end, I chose to devour it and not waste any time with getting my camera out.

Harrods

Just SOME of the chocolates at Harrods

More chocolates. Yum.

Mmm... cupcakes. 

After Harrods, we got back on the subway and made our way to Abby Road. Yes, the very same Abbey Road that is famous for being on the cover of The Beatles album, Abbey Road. We attempted to take the classic picture while crossing the street, however, there was quite a bit of traffic and it made the task challenging. We made a few valiant attempts before finally giving up on getting it just right.

Abbey Road! This is the closest we got to a decent picture. 

We then took the subway to Baker’s Street (made famous by Sherlock Holmes) where we found The Beatles Store. Not surprisingly, everything was super pricey, but I did end up getting a key chain.  At this point our group split up. Laura and I headed over to an Italian restaurant on Baker’s Street where we split a Margherita pizza.

Our last Margherita Pizza in London

Mind the gap!

After we’d finished lunch, we headed over to Trafalgar Square where we went back to the National Gallery to check out a few paintings that we hadn't seen when we’d come previously. After about an hour in Trafalgar Square, we headed back to our hotel and took a breather before heading back out to The British Museum. We spent a little bit of time there seeing some interesting things such as The Rosetta Stone, mummies, and Grecian statues. Another interesting exhibit that we saw was the Lindow Man. The Lindow Man is a bog body that was found near Manchester in 1984. If you don’t know what bog bodies are, you probably shouldn't look it up because it’s kind of gross. I learned about bog bodies this past year in British Literature II and when I found out that there was going to be a bog body at the museum we were going to, I was pretty excited. As gross as that is. I’ll spare you the photo of the Lindow Man.

British Museum

The Rosetta Stone

Egyptian exhibit 

A bunch of Pharaohs with their faces smashed 

Greek exhibit

After the museum, we came back to the hotel and I ended up walking to the grocery store to get my last grocery store supper here in London. I've come to really enjoy grocery store meals and I’m going to miss them when I go back to the states.

My last grocery store meal

I wish that I could say that the night ended uneventfully, but that wouldn't be true. Bridget Jones’ Diary was on television and I was in the middle of watching it when Laura managed to lock herself into the bathroom. It took a few minutes, her on the inside, and three of us on the outside to finally get her out. Needless to say, she’s decided not to lock the bathroom door anymore.

We’ll be leaving early tomorrow morning to head back to South Dakota. I've had a lot of fun on this trip, but I’m definitely happy to be going home!

Michaela