Wesminster Abbey
This morning we visited Westminster Abbey. I didn’t know much about the church other than it is important and a focal point of London. I learned a lot from our Blue Badge guide (who are the most highly trained guides in London) that it was converted from a Cathedral to be the Church of England. At the Abbey, everyone who is anyone in British history is buried here. The structure itself is so awe inspiring that you can’t really get beyond how impressive it is. All the coronations take place here as well. My favorite was to see the monument to Shakespeare as well as the burial place for other literary masterminds like Rudyard Kipling, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Oscar Wilde, Chaucer, Milton and Charles Dickens just to name a few. Scientists like Darwin and Sir Isac Newton lay there as well as the royal like Elizabeth and many kings.
detail of the just the door (not allowed to take picturess inside)
For the past couple of nights, I have had some fun dancing times. One of these happened in the Student Union. There are several pubs and one dance club in the student union. I think that I will never get over how funny this actually is. When I get back to school, I will want to dance at our newly remodeled student union, but alas, there will be no outlet for this desire. We also took the tube last night to a club that was nearby and met a lot of international folk. Even though we were in a huge group of Americans, we still were able to meet new people, and it seemed like everyone had a lot of fun.