Pictures came to Life

Morning everyone. It is officially day three and we have a full day ahead of us. But enough about that let me tell you about yesterday. What an amazing day. Getting out of bed was a little rough and it took longer that we had hoped but we woke up around 9 and headed to the tube station around 10:30. We got on the tube station at Notting Hill Gate and took that to the Westminster station. No problem.

Up til this moment everything still feeled pretty sureal to me. We are in London but it really didn't feel like it. So as we are getting of the tube we walk out of the station and there he is. BIG BEN. Wow, it all sunk in. We walked around Ben for awhile and headed to Westminster Abbey. We got in line and went into West. Abbey. It was amazing. Seeing all these tombs and barials of some old people. Ha. I think I stood on some guys grave that was from the 1400s. After we went through the Abbey we headed to Buckingham Palace. What a cool building. We didn't get to see the changing of the gaurds cause we slept in but of well. It was nice to because in both of these places were alot of tourists so I didn't feel out of place with my camera.

After seeing the palace we walked over and through Green park and then to St. James Park. We took a seat for a few moments and just took everything in. It was pretty cool. After that we headed to see the Horse Gaurds. That was pretty cool. You could walk right up to them. After this we headed back towards Big Ben and crossed the London Bridge. We walked along the Thames and saw the London Eye and headed onto the TATE Modern.

What can I say about the TATE Modern. We could have stayed there for alot longer but it was going to close. At the TATE Modern we got to see so many paintings and sculptures that I had studied in college. It was so cool to see the real thing. It was especially cool to see some of my favorite paintings upclose so I could see how they did certain techniques.

Then from the TATE we walked over to see Maya's heaven on earth the Globe Theatre. We didn't go in but just wanted to get our barrings of where it was at so that we know where to go when we go back and see a show. Across the Millineium Bridge we went. That was hard for Maya since she isn't a huge fan of hieghts. After we crossed we saw St. Paul's and of course like alot of things in the city, it was under construction. I hope we can still go in.

After we walked around St. Paul's we decided to head back towards the flat and grab a bite to eat. We got to Notting Hill and ate at this place called Harlem. Not like we were trying but it ended up being a restaurant based on American soul food. Oh well, it was good anyway. After that we headed back to the flat to get some rest.

Well that is definitely day two in a nutshell. All of these images of places and artwork that I have only seen in books came to life yesterday. I was completely in awe.

Hope everyone is doing well. Cheers.