Wednesday, June 20, 2012

"Hogwarts will always be there to welcome you home"

So today was very exciting! First off my class went on a walking tour of The City of London, which the actually city is only about on square mile because it only consist of the financial part of London. I travelled to class with few people who also live the same place I do, we accidently took the wrong exit so we had to walk the rest of the way. We had to meet our class at 10am at the the Duke of Wellingto, it wa good thing we left early because we couldn't find it but when we asked a local he laughed and pointed us around the corner...we just hadn't walked far enough. It seems to be we think we are always lost but normally we just haven't travelled far enough. The tour started at the royal buissness exchange and continued to a church where they did have stained glass windows because the catholic churches had them and they wanted clarity from the Catholics. But probably by far the coolest part of the tour was the center off the City of London it was where the St Lawerance church is and where the Roman Amiptheater use to be. Cool story about the church is that St Lawerence was told to bring the wealth of the city to these evil guys but instead he brout the poor so they roasted him to try and find the wealth. At one point he said he thought he was done on that side and they should flip the grill he was on over so he would cook evenly. So the wind direction tool at the top of the steeple is a not an arrow but a grill rack with an arrow. Then after the church we went to the Guild Gallery which was awesome because on the basement they had uncovered the walls of the Roman Ampitheater and ultou actually saw where they stood thousands of years ago! It was sooo cool! After class me and Sarah headed to the Harry Potter Studio Tour! We had to take a train about twenty minutes out to Watford Junction but it was cool though because it was like we were off to Hogwarts! At the tour we saw a lot of the costumes that the cast actually wore! We saw the great hall, Hagrid's hit, the Griffindor common room, Dumbldore's office, the Weasley house, so much more! The coolest was Diagon Ally! It looked so real it was unreal. Felt like I was actually there! I loved being able to see all of the props and sets! I'm so glad we went it was worth every penny! That's about all I did today. I feel like I am settling and have gotten over the culture shock of everything, the people says everyone goes through it, but I'm so excited to be here and it's still hard to believe I am here! That's it for now! Cheers! It felt like people said 'cheers' to me a lot today haha

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