July 24, 2011

Today has been a very rich, full day. I woke up at 7:30 and met Steve and Jennifer in the dining hall (that looks exactly like the one in Harry Potter.) Then, Jennifer and I took a two-hour bus ride in to London. Our first stop was Harrod’s Department Store but we didn’t stay long because it was just like a huger version of a fancy department store in the States and everything was overpriced.

Then, we went to a sidewalk café and had tea. Jennifer likes to shop so I took her to H&M, which she loved. We rode the Tube (subway) everywhere today and, I must say, I navigated very well. (Although, I did run Jennifer into three different people throughout the day...I must get better at remembering that I’m a “Double-wide” when I’m escorting her.)

We stopped in little shops along the way. We found a millenary shop that had hats like the one in the Royal Wedding. And, we found a tea shop where I bought some tea and some raw sugar with ginger. Then, we stopped and had tea again. (And Jennifer had scones.)

Then, we did something really fun...we had a fish pedicure! I saw it on Amazing Race last year. It is a salon where you sit in chairs and hang your feet into an aquarium and the feet swim around and eat the dead skin off your feet! It felt like tickly bubbles but our feet were really soft afterwards!

Then, we went to Whole Foods Market and got Jennifer some fresh fruit on our way back to the Tube and then the long bus ride home again and then jaunt back to Keble College, where we are staying. We didn’t get back in our rooms until 10:00. It is now after midnight. (I am still on States time.)

To view photos from this trip, visit my Facebook Page.

Posted by weblion at 06:33 PM