WICKED LONDON!

Well...we hopped the train to London on Friday morning. Once we got there, we split into groups and went to different parts of town for a project for our class. We went to Brixton Market and ate at a Colombian restaurant. Then we went to our hostel and checked in. Our entire class met up at Parliament and had private tours of the entire thing! It was quite interesting. We got to see where Tony Blair and David Cameron debate during the Prime Minister's Questions. We also saw the London Eye, Big Ben, and Westminster Abbey. That night we got to see WICKED and it was wicked awesome! It was by far the best musical I've ever been to. When we were leaving, we had to walk behind the building and we ran into the main stars as they were leaving. We got our pictures with them and got their autographs. We were so tired that once we got back to the hostel, we went straight to sleep. We got up this morning and walked to Buckingham Palace to see the changing of the guards. We did not realize how popular of an event it was. There were hundreds of people waiting and traffic was even stopped! We then made our way to Trafalgar Square. We saw the Texas Embassy and then got pictures of us "riding" the lion statues on the square. The National Gallery is right on the square so we stopped in for FREE and got to see Van Gogh, Monet, and Picasso's work. It was HUGE! On our way to the bus station, we stopped by Hard Rock Cafe and then walked by Hyde Park. We saved money by eating at a PRET! It is a restaurant that is very cheap and has pastries and sandwiches and they are only a couple pounds and they are great! We ate there twice while we were there! We then got on the bus and took a 2 hour ride back to Oxford! Now we are "waxed" as dad would say! (We are exhausted from all the walking!) We are going back next weekend for another class trip. I'd have to say that these are the best field trips I've ever taken with school! ha