There was free breakfast in the hotel's glorious dining room...well, it was free for up to 4 people from each room and we didn't know that the hot sausage & such were not included in the "Complimentary Breakfast" until Saturday morning.
We started our day by going to the Tower of London and looking through the torture tower, the crown jewels, and an armory exhibit. My favorite things there were a jewel-encrusted sword handle and sheath, and the kings' crowns.
It was a nasty, rainy day but we trekked over to Buckingham Palace to meet up with Eddie and Lindsey. We had to arrange buses for the way back, which was quite a hassle. Luckily, once we got to the EuroLine office, they were able to help us get all 13 of us on two different buses leaving Sunday.
The weather was so dreary, we went back to the hotel. Then all of us ladies went shopping. There's a discount store called Uniqlo and it's found back in the states...they had pretty trendy stuff. We went into another shop and looked at swimsuits so we could get in the hot tub at the hotel. Unfortunately, their dressing rooms were closed since the store was closing soon and they didn't have anything that I would find useful wearing back home, so I didn't get a swimsuit. We went into a huge department store called Harrod's next...they had the most wonderful swimsuits, but for some of the most out-of-this-world price. Back at the hotel, I ended up putting my feet into the hot tub and spent some time in the sauna with a towel wrapped over undergarments.
Finally feeling a bit warmed up, we went out and around the block to a locals' bar called Minories. They were really nice and had a 2 for 1 cocktail special. I tasted the Long Island Iced Tea and liked it alot, but they didn't have nearly as much alcohol in it as it normally would. I actually a virgin cocktail of orange and cranberry juice with some fizz. Apparently we were in the business district, because everything was closing. We ran into a study abroad group from New Jersey who led us to a club called Pause...they couldn't get in and assumed the place was closing. However, we saw some other people go in and the bouncers even let one member of our group go in to use the restroom. It turns out they were practicing racial discrimination against most of us. One of the bouncers actually suggested to the girl coming that she should kill herself for hanging out with these white people.
We quickly made our way back to the hotel.
We started our day by going to the Tower of London and looking through the torture tower, the crown jewels, and an armory exhibit. My favorite things there were a jewel-encrusted sword handle and sheath, and the kings' crowns.
It was a nasty, rainy day but we trekked over to Buckingham Palace to meet up with Eddie and Lindsey. We had to arrange buses for the way back, which was quite a hassle. Luckily, once we got to the EuroLine office, they were able to help us get all 13 of us on two different buses leaving Sunday.
The weather was so dreary, we went back to the hotel. Then all of us ladies went shopping. There's a discount store called Uniqlo and it's found back in the states...they had pretty trendy stuff. We went into another shop and looked at swimsuits so we could get in the hot tub at the hotel. Unfortunately, their dressing rooms were closed since the store was closing soon and they didn't have anything that I would find useful wearing back home, so I didn't get a swimsuit. We went into a huge department store called Harrod's next...they had the most wonderful swimsuits, but for some of the most out-of-this-world price. Back at the hotel, I ended up putting my feet into the hot tub and spent some time in the sauna with a towel wrapped over undergarments.
Finally feeling a bit warmed up, we went out and around the block to a locals' bar called Minories. They were really nice and had a 2 for 1 cocktail special. I tasted the Long Island Iced Tea and liked it alot, but they didn't have nearly as much alcohol in it as it normally would. I actually a virgin cocktail of orange and cranberry juice with some fizz. Apparently we were in the business district, because everything was closing. We ran into a study abroad group from New Jersey who led us to a club called Pause...they couldn't get in and assumed the place was closing. However, we saw some other people go in and the bouncers even let one member of our group go in to use the restroom. It turns out they were practicing racial discrimination against most of us. One of the bouncers actually suggested to the girl coming that she should kill herself for hanging out with these white people.
We quickly made our way back to the hotel.
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