Brent's First Impressions

Thursday May 29 - Today we went to St. Paul's Cathedral. Its architecture was fascinating. We had a tour guide by the name of Nigel, who told us immediately to refer to him as Nigel. We were able to visit the crypt of St. Paul's, finding the memorials of people such as John Donne, Sir Christopher Wren, and William Blake. Afterwards we went to Westminister Abbey, which was evidently home to some of the most famous dead people in Britain's history. Such were the names of Henry VII, Elizabeth I, William Shakespeare, Samuel Coleridge, Washington Irving, Dylan Thomas, amogst others. Then after that we wandered about, splitting into two groups so that people could have some down time. One group, seeking to go to Harod's, a department store, went off that way. My group (Dr. Zellmer, Ms. Harings, Simone, Sean Saleh, Sean Campbell, Michaela, and myself) wanted to go to the National Portrait Gallery. Spent oh...an hour there before we searched for food, taking up twenty minutes (feeling like two hours). Now here I am, sitting, writing this post for all to see.

London days

allrighty then! Lord of the Rings and King Lear are both great in their own way.... though entirly uncomparable. King Lear would have been more enjoyable if we had been allowed to sit! feet pain does not let the mind concentrate on entertainment. We had a brief, 2 hour sunny spell today, which is now over and rain is gracing this city, making it quite drab. However, now we know their secret to green! now all we have to do is persuade the rain gods of Arizona to rain... one suggestion was the collapsing of bridges, not quite sure where that came from.
We are all foot-weary and rather sore, but haveing lots of fun, albeit exhaustive fun. Food is pretty good; there is a really wide variaty. Indian yesterday, Thia today and good ole Fish n chips. St. Paul's Cathedral is amazing!! though no pictures are allowed, as it is a place of worship. these British really knew their stone-work and masonry. Such intrecacies EVERYWHERE in these buildings(we also saw Westminster Abbey)
That's all for now,
Samone