Thursday I left for a four day trip to London. We left for the train about 11:00. We took a taxi to the station and we arrived so late that we almost missed the train. We found some seats, sat down, and relaxed. Then we went to the dining car and got some lunch. I got this pita thing that was kind of like a pizza on the inside and was really good. We played a game that we brought and when we finally got there we walked straight to our hotel. It was really nice and had the most comfortable bed I've ever slept on. Then we went to Burger Shack. They had some of the best burgers I have ever tasted in my entire life. I got a chili cheesburger and chili fries.
After that we left to see the grand opening of "Zorro" because one of my best friend's dad is the producer. The bus ride to get there took over two hours. I thought that it was a really good musical. At one time Zorro came down a rope with a safety belt and took a long time to unhook it. That was kind of weird. Then my mom got me some gummy worms and some hearts that tasted like fizzy peach Nestea. After the show there was a party that lasted about 45 minutes. I was so tired that I went to sleep on a couch with my jackeet and my dad's jacket covering me like blankets. My dad woke me up when it was time for the bus to leave. In the bus I also slept for long time. After that we went back to the hotel and went to bed.
The next day we took double decker buses all around London. On one of them I hurt my arm so bad that we had to stop and go to a pub to put ice on it and have lunch. Then we went to the Tower of London. For those of you who don't know, the Tower of London is a Medieval castle where many of the kings and queens of England lived. They also kept a lot of prisoners there before they were killed. We saw all of the jewels, crowns, and crests of a lot of the kings or queens who ruled England. We also saw a really cool armory. I really liked it and thought it was a really awesome place. Then we took a boat back to Westminster. We saw Big Ben and then went to try to get into Westminster Abbey but it was closed. After that we went to meet John and Susan, one of my best friend's parents, and had dinner at an Indian restaurant called Mela. After that we went back to the hotel and went to bed.
On Saturday we went to the British Museum. We were going to see an exhibit with thousands of sculptures of Chinese soldiers but the tickets were sold out so we couldn't go. Instead we went to see some Japanese Samurai armor and paintings. Then we went to see some Egyptian mummies, and we stayed at that exhibit for a long time. Then we went to see some sculptures of Assyrian lions and after that we went to see the Elgin marbles, some marble scultpures that were stolen from the Parthenon in Greece by Lord Elgin. The very last thing we did was go to see the Bog man from Lindow in Great Britain. He is a human who has been kept in a certain kind of soil which makes it so that even his skin is still there after 2,000 years. He looked pretty disgusting, but still it was cool to see.
Then we went to Covent Garden, saw some street preformers, and got pasties. I got a cheese and bacon pasty. After that since my dad had promised me that I could have Sushi, we went to a Sushi restaurant. When we got home we watched TV and waited for my mom. When SHE got home, she wasn't sure we would find the Sushi so she brought some more back and I ate some of that. Later at dinner I barely ate anything, just a few bits from other people's plates, since I had already eaten all that. I got some jasmine tea and drank a whole put of it and also two or three glasses of water. I had to go pee three times in about fifteen minutes. Then my parents had planned a surprise for me which was to go to a show called Spamelot. It was really, really, really funny. At the show I hit the bathroom I think four times because of all that water and tea.
It was really a good trip and I liked London a lot. But still, I wish it would rain less there.
4 comments:
Man, I wish I could've gone to London, too. I think my mom said we might go to see the show in the summer. I'm sure John was very glad to hear you liked it!
The Japanese Samurai exhibit sounds really cool. And I've heard that Spamelot is hilarious, but I have yet to see it.
sounds like a lot of things in one day. you know the british have the largest collection of Egyptian things in the world. when I went to france I saw a Tokyo Japanese museum.
sounds like a lot of things in one day. you know the british have the largest collection of Egyptian things in the world. when I went to france I saw a Tokyo Japanese museum.
sounds like a lot of things in one day. you know the british have the largest collection of Egyptian things in the world. when I went to france I saw a Tokyo Japanese museum.
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