July 18th, 2007
London, England

Today school was exciting...I wrote a DBQ!! My mind was flooded with memories of APUSH Junior year, and I longed to sit in Mrs. Burcham's classroom once again as my head filled with historical knowledge, really though!!

After school, I went to H&M again, because everything changes each day. I have never been such an avid shopper before. Then I went on a West End Walk that was super cool, but I had already seen most of what we saw since I basically live in the West End. Then I went to the park and read for a bit, came back to the dorm and researched my Oxford trip before going on the best run of my life. So the night before I had spent two hours in the parks, and stretched my horizons past St. James to Green Park. Well, tonight I started in St. James, as always, made my way to Green Park, and after spending a half hour or so at Green Park, I wanted more park. So I found a map, and ran to Hyde Park, which is gorgeous, and SO massive. I also ran through the Kensington Gardens. I took a break in Hyde Park to do a few sit ups, but aside from that I was either walking, running, or jogging for four hours straight. When I came back I felt amazing!!

On my way back through the parks, when passing Buckingham Palace, I saw CNN cameras and some cameramen filming, but they hadn't barricaded anything off. I ran past them and ducked out of the camera's way, and then I was like...wait a minute, I like CNN, and so I made a bit of a circle and then jogged past them, hoping that my presence would be broadcast on CNN News for a second or so. I never did find out what happened to the Queen, but that night Rebecca and Lindsay were in my room and we discussed the Royal Family, which I realised I did not know that much about at all. Once they left, I did some more research on my own. And ended up not going to bed until 3...

It was a good day though, and I did not have to wake up until almost 9 the next morning.