Running Alongside Royalty

Saturday, July 14th, 2007
London, England

This morning I woke up and ate an apple before my run in the park with Julia. This time I circled three or four times, running by Buckingham Palace every time. It was great. Unfortunately the crowd was VERY crowded, as it is a Saturday and there were tourists galore, but it was still a great work out, and so beautiful. I was telling Julia afterwards how lucky we are to have the chance to run by something like the Buckingham Palace every morning.

After the run I shaved, showered, and made myself a sandwich. Then we set off toward the Tower of London. When we got there, we waited in a line that did not look that bad. After about an hour, we discovered that we were going to miss the last guided tour of the day, which is something that we both really wanted to do. We decided to come back tomorrow, and fortunately were able to buy tickets in advance at a shop a bit later. We did not want our tube trip over that way to be a waste, so we walked the Tower Bridge, snapped some shots, explored the area, and on our way back, we were stopped because the bridge was raising to let a pirate ship pass. It was so cool to see. I did not have a lot of time left on my camera, but I took a video and hope it captured the event well.

We tubed back to Victoria Station, and then I showed Julia where Argos was and we went in so she could try to get a hair straightener and a blowdryer for cheap. She was able to.

On the way back to the dorm, we stopped by McDonald's to try the Cadbury Caramel McFlurry, which is divine.

I updated my journal, and then the five of us sat in Leah's room and talked for a good hour or so. I finally started uploading pics (I am way behind), and then tonight we went to a great pub and I finally tried Pimm's, which is really good!!

I need to get some rest, because I am waking up real early to run tomorrow!!