London Day Trip

Woke up bright and early to take a train from Cambridge to King's Cross in London. Arrived and it started raining, but we nonetheless took the Tube to Buckingham Palace. There were so many tourists walking around with umbrellas, which was a nuisance because we couldn't get through anywhere. People stood around trying to watch the changing of the guards. I couldn't even get a glance because so many people were packed by the road. But here is a picture of Buckingham Palace. I couldn't get a better one because there were so many people in front of it.



Then I went to the Victoria & Albert Museum to hide from the rain, admission was free! I really like museums like this, rather than all paintings. They had a small but good Chinese art collection as well.





The rain stopped when we came out, so we decided to walk down the street and go to Harrods.



I was so excited to see all the famous designers ever heard of in one place that I called my mom and told her I was in Harrods. This store is HUGE. There are so many restaurants downstairs, as well as a butcher, poultry, and seafood shop.



Then I went to the Parliament and went to see Big Ben. The clouds were coming in again, but luckily no rain!





Then everyone decided to go on the London Eye, the famous ferris wheel by the River Thames. It costs GBP 18.60!!! As one of us said, "we paid to sit down."



Of course there were some nice views:





When we got off we decided to go to Picadilly Square to eat. On the way, I thought I've never walked on a street as nice as this one.





We walked past Trafalgar Square almost around sunset:



We went to eat at a Italian restaurant and then went home.