England

A little behind on posting, trying to catch up...

Day 14
We spent the morning packing up in Cardiff, stopped by a museum, then headed the bus for England. Tonight we arrived in England. We spent the evening wandering around the city. At Hyde Park there was some sort of Pakistan rally going on at one side and on the other side there was an Elvis tribute concert going on. We also saw Buckingham Palace, some arches, the Princess Di memorial walk, Trafalgar Square and Piccadilly Circus.



Buckingham Palace



Trafalgar Square



Beefeater at Buckingham

Day 15
This morning we got up and went to Westminster Abbey. It was pretty spectacular; the architecture was beautiful. Next we met up with Isra at the British Tate museum and then went to the Tate Modern. To get to the Tate Modern we walked across the Millennium Bridge. (This was the bridge that got blown up at the beginning of the most recent Harry Potter movie.) Isra was a great host. Having him on the bus between the two museums was like having our own personal tour guide as he pointed things out. We ended our day with Isra with some great Moroccan food.

Parliament

Westminster Abbey

Our great host for the day, Isra

View of London from the top of Tate Modern.

That's the Millennium Bridge.

Day 16
Today we spent more time just hanging out in the city. We saw St. Paul's cathedral, walked across London Bridge (which, by the way, is NOT falling down), walked across the tower bridge and saw the Tower of London. We ended the day watching some Champions League games at the Freemason Arms. Chris had told us about this place and it was supposed to have some great football (soccer) memorabilia. We  didn't see any football memorabilia but it was a great place to watch some games and the food was great.

Tower Bridge

Tree of Life @ the British Museum.

It was made completely of deconstructed weapons.

The picture doesn't do it justice.

Tower of London

St. Paul's Cathedral