Yesterday morning our group of 57 American students embarked on the journey of a lifetime! Well, in all actuality, we spent the day trekking around London. In the course of 10 hours, we managed to see many of the usual tourist attractions.
Buckingham Palace
Big Ben
The Tower of London
Led by the fearless duo of Simon & Jonathan (SCIO staff members), we navigated the London Underground, wove through several alleys (don't worry, Mom, cute alleys, not scary ones - think: cobblestone), and ascended the 311 swirling steps of "The Monument," with as much gumption as we could muster.
The highlight of the evening was undoubtedly the Evensong service at St. Paul's Cathedral. The story goes that Queen Victoria attended St. Paul's back in the day, and when asked how she enjoyed the service, replied that she found it "rather drab." Well, long story short, they decided to compensate for the lack in decor. And by compensate, I mean...
What a gorgeous cathedral. AND the men/boys' choir with the organ - divine! Probably one of the top 10 events that I have attended in my life. Not entirely able to put the whole experience into words...
After the Evensong, we walked to London's very own Chinatown for a much needed meal of delectable Chinese cuisine. The walk on the way there was delightful:
My best pal here, Megan & me
All in all, the day was a blast, albeit exhausting.
Today was a wonderful Sabbath day - very relaxing to follow up such a busy, packed day of walking. This evening we (my friends Megan, Nealson & I) attended a charismatic Anglican service (I didn't really know such a thing existed, but alas, it did!) at St. Aldates, which we followed up by homemade ice cream at a little shop. It was the perfect way to end an evening, as Nealson said, with "spiritual AND sugary nourishment."
I couldn't agree more.
Goodnight & love to all,
Rachel
Buckingham Palace
Big Ben
The Tower of London
Led by the fearless duo of Simon & Jonathan (SCIO staff members), we navigated the London Underground, wove through several alleys (don't worry, Mom, cute alleys, not scary ones - think: cobblestone), and ascended the 311 swirling steps of "The Monument," with as much gumption as we could muster.
The highlight of the evening was undoubtedly the Evensong service at St. Paul's Cathedral. The story goes that Queen Victoria attended St. Paul's back in the day, and when asked how she enjoyed the service, replied that she found it "rather drab." Well, long story short, they decided to compensate for the lack in decor. And by compensate, I mean...
What a gorgeous cathedral. AND the men/boys' choir with the organ - divine! Probably one of the top 10 events that I have attended in my life. Not entirely able to put the whole experience into words...
After the Evensong, we walked to London's very own Chinatown for a much needed meal of delectable Chinese cuisine. The walk on the way there was delightful:
My best pal here, Megan & me
All in all, the day was a blast, albeit exhausting.
Today was a wonderful Sabbath day - very relaxing to follow up such a busy, packed day of walking. This evening we (my friends Megan, Nealson & I) attended a charismatic Anglican service (I didn't really know such a thing existed, but alas, it did!) at St. Aldates, which we followed up by homemade ice cream at a little shop. It was the perfect way to end an evening, as Nealson said, with "spiritual AND sugary nourishment."
I couldn't agree more.
Goodnight & love to all,
Rachel
posted by Rachel at 4:56 PM
1 Comments:
Stupid Queen, she'll probably not even want to see it when they spend millions of dollars to update it. She will see that they have a lot of stairs and not want to climb them. Spff.. Monarchs.
Love you Hun
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