Thursday was our free day. Six of
us decided to start our day at King’s Cross Station. A few of the guys wanted to see the 9 ¾ platform
and have the whole Harry Potter experience.
We amused them, by joining them.
After they felt fulfilled, we sat down for some breakfast together. It was nice to order some eggs, rather than
having the same cereal we have been eating each morning during our time here.
After breakfast, we walked to the British Museum. As part of the day, you could choose to take
part in the British Museum Tour as well as the British Library. This tour was led by our very own, Jay
Smith. The tour was very interesting,
and that says something, for those of you who know me—I don’t normally enjoy
museums of any kind. Jay took us through
various exhibits at the museum that proved the Bible’s accuracy throughout the
Old Testament. One of the exhibits
showed dinner plates they have found that were the plates that Esther’s family
actually dined on! The British Library
holds the first entire copy of the New Testament! They also have one of the original Gutenberg
Bibles and a Wycliffe Bible. When you
stop and truly think about the artifacts and manuscripts, it’s amazing!
After our tour, there were about 8 of us who took off on our
sightseeing adventure. We went to
Buckingham Palace, Trafalgar Square, the Queen’s horse’s stable and the
changing of the guard there—it’s called the Horse Guards Parade, Downing Street
(where the Prime Minister is), Big Ben, the London Eye, Leicester Square where
we ate dinner in Chinatown, and South Bank, by the London Eye which had a
German festival of some sort going on.
We had a great day together! Lots
of laughter. I’ll let the pictures tell
the story.
Inside King's Cross station
Breakfast at King's Cross Station
at King's Cross Station
The British Museum
Jay giving our tour
the plates that Esther's family dined on
Buckingham Palace
Our "candid" family photo in front of the palace (I can't remember what was said that was so funny)
Trafalgar Square
Pulling the tourist card at Trafalgar Square
at the Queen's horses stable
These poor guards put up with so much from tourists
During the Horse Guards Parade
This guard stomped and changed positions--I don't think he liked that we were doing this!
The classic phone booth shot...just with the entire pile of us
The London Eye
Big Ben
Some fun goodies at the German festival at South Bank
They had several bicycles here that if you pedaled, the tree would light up more and snow would fly up inside of the globe
Shops at the German festival
Sharing a Chimney Cake
At Leicester Square
Dinner in Chinatown (sorry the photo is blurry)
Riding the tube
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