So on our last day of being in London we had the whole day to ourselves. A group of us headed over to the Tower of London for a guided tour by a Beefeater. It was probably the most fun of all the places i have been to. The beefeater, which back in the time of King Henry VIII guarded the tower, walked us around the entire castle showing us places of importance and gave us some really interesting facts about the Tower. He also had a very funny sense of humor. Although the tower is often thought of as the prison of London and the place of immense torture, its not all quite true. The tower was home to prisoners of importance. Kings and Queens that were convicted of treason or wrongdoing or people such as Anne Boleyn would be the type of persons held there. The tower is surrounded by a now dry moat, an outer wall, and inner wall and then you have the White Castle, the castle that the kings would live in and the inner workings of the rest of the castle. While we were there we also saw the Crown Jewels which is also held there. The Crown Jewels are owned by the people and that is why they are displayed so prominently.
After we saw the rest of the Tower, the group I was with headed to the Globe Theatre (made famous by Shakespeare) while i headed over to Harrods to meet with Mollie. We ate lunch at the Harrods cafe (after searching for her for about half an hour, its quite a complicated place) and she had Salmon Lox and i had some potato soup and a roasted chicken baguette. They were all delicious. So i bought a really sweet Jacket in Harrods that is the brand Junk DeLuxe, a brand they DO NOT! carry in the United States. Then we just cruised the store for a while and realized there isn't one thing you can't by in Harrods besides a car.
After Harrods we headed over to H&M where i went a little nuts. First off the store is about ten times bigger than the ones we are used to and they carry much better items. So after spending some time there we headed over to Oxford Street (the other major shopping street), and we found "Top Shop" which i have never heard of but which Molly had been before. After realizing it wasn't just for girls i made my way to their 4th floor which carried all mens and made a few purchases. The amount of styles available at a cheap price in London is ridiculous. I wish we had the availability of items that they do at their prices. But from what i've heard a top shop has just opened in New York.
So after me and Mollie met up back in the store front of Top Shop at the time we said, she wasn't even done shopping so i headed back to the hotel and when i got back i decided to take a nap; as did my roommate. Unfortunately when we woke up it was 2am!, needless to say we missed out on our night. So with little more to do than to go back to sleep, we dosed off and packed in the morning and headed to the Eurostar to take over to Belgium.
So we arrived here in Belgium at about 4 0'clock local time and took a coach to the hotel and headed to the Grande Place. There a group of ten of us went out to eat and had a good meal. Their frites here are quite good. Now we're all back to the hotel getting ready to hit the sack. We go to the European Commission tomorrow as well as Chevron. I'll let you all know about it tomorrow!
By the way, i watched "Yes, Man" today during the trip. It is actually pretty good, Jim Carrey does a good job. You should rent it.
~Tyler
