Second day in London began with going to see the Changing of the Guard... Or so we tried. Turns out they only do it every other day, so we ended staring at men in Canadian black bear hats and red suits for an hour. Oops. Afterwards, we did some museum-hopping. We went to the National Gallery and Brad kindly waited patiently while I saw a bunch of artists' work that made me feel a little starstruck. Picasso, Michelangelo, Raphael, Leonardo da Vinci, Cézanne, Manet, Monet, and Renoir were all in the enormous gallery!!! It was so awesome! That evening Brad arranged for us to attend a show, so we went and saw Wicked. It was pretty wicked, haaaaaa! (Although Sydney or Sam would have nailed the part as Glinda the Good better than the lead did).
Yesterday, we started our day off with actually watching the changing of the guard. Honestly, it is a bit ridiculous, but it is something that I am glad I can say that I saw. Brad had to start throwing elbows when a pushy woman literally tried to move him out of the way (just kidding, but he did look at her and asked her to excuse herself). Brad took a bunch of pretty swell photos due to his higher height than mine. Then, we went to the British Museum. First thing we saw: the Rosetta Stone. This stone is basically what enabled archaeologists to decode what the hiyroglifics (I know I really butchered the spelling on that) meant in the Egyptian remains. There are lots of amazing artefacts there! Since it appears like we will never go to Egypt, it was cool to see some of their historical remains.
I had a case of crowd after this, so we were in need of a change of pace. That morning we planned it, and we went to Evensong at Westminster Abbey. It was so lovely to listen to the choir sing, and kind of crazy to see where all the royal weddings happened!! Brad and I were those people two or so years ago who stayed up and watched the royal wedding take place, and we can both confirm to you that the church looks just as amazing in real life as it did on TV. The ceiling is unbelievably high, and the structures are ornate.
After a chill evening, we decided to go on a walking pub crawl. We went to some cool London pubs thanks to trip advisor! One pub in particular stood out. It was called Cockpit and the bartender there was fantastic. It was the last cock-fighting bar in London and was the former location of Shakespeare's daughter's house. Pretty cool. I can't get over how every place here has a story. It is so entertaining and I love listening to the history! We also tried what locals like to drink. Here, they have warm beer, or "live" beer. The kegs only last 3 days, and they still contain the yeast and sediments. They have to let the keg settle for 24 hours before they sell it so that you don't get the sediments in the beer. They keep them at 12c. I had a bitter beer and it was DELICIOUS. We then went back to our hotel and went in the sweetest pool ever. It was dark stone with red lights throughout it. It also had a sauna and steam room. It is a classy place!
Our last day has been spent shopping and just doing whatever. We went on a high in the sky gondola ride!
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