On Thursday July 27, 2017 Megan and I woke up after a much needed long night of sleep. For the duration of our trip if one of us was feeling lazy in the morning we'd proclaim while resting our head on the pillow "you be shower girl number one". After getting ready and enjoying the breakfast in our hotel, we made our way out to continue exploring London. We hopped on our tour bus near Trafalgar Square and headed to The British Museum. After waiting in line for awhile and going through security, we were in! There was so much to see! We saw lots of Greek statues, artifacts, mummies, dishes, paintings by Michelangelo and the actual Rosetta stone. There was even an exhibit about the pacific northwest United States and we were like "Those are our people!". After some coffee and ice cream we moved on to our next adventure.
We decided to take the tour bus to a "Jack The Ripper Walking Tour". The tour bus was totally cool, but when you're trying to get somewhere in a timely matter, it was not the most efficient way. The tour we wanted to go on started at 3:30, and at the rate our bus was going and the round-a-bout route it took we'd never make it in time. We hopped off the bus and decided to take the tube. After a quick ride we made it with time to spare, enough time to get a hot dog (you can take the girl out of America, but you can't take the hot dog out of the girl...???). Our walking tour was lots of fun even though it rained like crazy for part of it. Our guide was really knowledgeable, and we learned a lot about London's history. We went to the site where 3 of Jack the Ripper's murder's took place, and learned some theories about who he was (he was never caught).
After the tour we got back on the tube and headed to London's West End to watch a musical. After a pizza dinner we went to the Prince of Wales Theatre to watch "The Book of Mormon". It was so good! After the show we debated going to a club or bar but ended up just walking around for awhile and walked all the way back to our hotel, in the dark, through a scary park... which probably wasn't the safest thing to do in an unfamiliar city, but we lived to tell the tale. Back at our hotel we were starving and ordered the most delicious appetizer platter. It had cheese, chutney, pears, shepherds pie, some kind of soft meat stuff, and bread. After that we got ready for bed and randomly watched Bridget Jones's Diary as we fell asleep.
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