Update! :D

Hey all!
Sorry I haven't posted anything in days. :-/ The internet's been slow and dodgy at every hotel, and I have't had a ton of time. So when I do get time, I just download photos to the laptop, and then upload them to Facebook!

But here's what I've been up to, and what I've enjoyed the most.

Let's see...

Day 3. We went to St. Paul's Cathedral. ABSOLUTELY. GORGEOUS. It was unbelievable. So much beauty, and all to the glory of God! Astounding. And it's so old. It's so cool how it survived WWII and became a beacon of hope to the people of Great Britain during such a difficult time. Then we went to Westminster Abbey. Also so beautiful. I love Gothic archicture, it's so awesome looking. Another great building all for the glory of God. It was neat to be in a place with so much history, too. I stood and walked where royalty have walked--for coronations, weddings--so cool! After that some of us went to the British Museum and saw THE Rosetta Stone, and statues from THE Pantheon! And then went to Covent Gardens, which is like a covered shopping center. Also, today was my first time riding a tube (subway).

Day 4.
In the morning we went to Greenwich (pronouced Gren-ich), and the Royal Observatory, and stood on the Meridian line--0 degrees latitude and longitude--so I stood in the East and West hemispheres at once. Then we sailed down the Thames (Tems), which was really cool (and kinda cold). Then we went to the Tower of London, which was AWESOME. Loved it. Saw the Crown Jewels, SOOOOO SPARKLY. O.O :D Then we rode on the London Eye, which was also pretty cool. After dinner and another visit to Covent Gardens, a couple of us went down to 221B Baker Street. !!!!!

Day 5.
In the morning we went to Windsor Castle. Also LOVED this. The Queen was there, but we didn't see her. Queen Mary's dollhouse is unbelievable. The castle is just so neat. I loved castles. <3 :) Then we went to Oxford and ate at The Eagle and Child Pub--WHERE J.R.R. TOLKIEN AND C.S. LEWIS MET. YEAH. REALLY. !!!

Day 6.
Toured Oxford, which was pretty neat. Went in Christ Church College, which was really cool looking, and where a lot of famous people went, but it's late and I can't think of names right now. For Harry Potter fans, apparently some of it was filmed there. Then we went to the Cotswolds, which is like an area, the closet thing I can think of would be a county. We went to Bourton-on-the-Water, this lovely quainty little town with a peaceful stream full of ducks running through it. It had lots of little shops and little places to have tea right by the stream. We had afternoon tea with scones. SOOOO yummy! Loved that.
Then we went to Stratford, birthplace of William Shakespeare, and saw an magnificent performance of Julius Caesar. All the original dialogue, but it was set in modern-day Africa. It was incredably well done. There were a few scenes where one or another of the actors were shirtless, and you could clearly see their excellent diaphram work (which only theatre people care about, haha). It was a small, three-level theather with a thrust stage, round theather. I had an excellent seat, and really enjoyed the play. I was also thinking in Shakespearian-like rhetoric the rest of the night. Also, a couple of the actors have been in Doctor Who (one of them was Martha's mom) so I was about 25 feet from an actor from Doctor Who!!

Day 7. Today!
We went to Lutterworth and visited St. Mary's Chapel, where John Wycliffe (Morning Star of the Reformation, translated the Bible into English) preached, and where he was buried until his bones (possibly, it could very well have been someone else's bones) where dug up, burned, and thrown on the river Swift. Then we went to Epworth, and saw where Charles and Susanna Wesley lived, and learned more about them. That was pretty neat. Then we drove to York, passing NOTTINGHAM (couldn't see it, but there were roadsigns) and SHERWOOD FOREST! We attended Evensong in York Minster Cathedral, which was pretty cool. Very beautiful, loved hearing them singing and the huge organ playing in that great cathedral. I'd so love to sing in there!

Anway, it's 11:30. And I have to be up early for more touring and awesome things! Can't out any pictures on here now, maybe after I'm home. So. Adieu, for now!