Swimming/ Eyüp's Birthday!

We didn't sleep in too late today...so Caro took me to the swimming pool with her cousin! It was really different. The little girls ran around without tops on and all of the old men were wearing speedos. Weird....but it is normal for them. Well whatever floats their boat. The pool was really nice they had of course a pool and they had another pool for their water slide. COOL!! We layed out on our towles and of course I got burned even though there wasn't any sun at all. Good Job Veronica! then later that night we went to a friend of Caro's Birthday party. I bet you are wondering how in the world you pronounce it. Caros friends laughed at me the first time I tried saying it. It is like ( ayy yoop). He was really nice and I met more German kids. They talked just as fast. I was lost most of the time. I met Caro's friend Daniel. He was super nice and funny :).

Greek Food!!

Caro and I slept most of the day because we were at her Garten Party the night before and we were both exhausted. So much German and so fast!! They were all really nice though and that is the most important thing. When we got up we had Breakfast....rolls and more rolls. always! Love it! Then we relaxed for a little bit and went for ice cream!! I LOVE german ice cream!! YUM! Later on the Huck's took me to a greek restaurant. Another first for me. But it was great!

mmmmmm Greek food :D

Hello Hucks!!

This was my last day with the Homeiers ,so their grandma came over and cooked lunch for all of us. It was amazing!! Then at around 3 ish they took me to Caro's house!! Later on Caro took me with her to a parts she was co hosting with a friend. I got to meet her friends and they were really nice! Some of them talked to me in English others not so much. Remember how I said Germans love their bread....well later on that night they had bread on a stick. It is kind of the same concept as roasting a marshmallow, but with dough instead. LOL! I had one and I don't think I cooked it enough or somthing because mine was awful. It was still pretty interesting. We stayed there untill about 2am ish. It was so much fun!!! Then we went back to her house and I slept like a log.

Last day in Berlin/Back to Porta

Last day in Berlin!

We took the European version of the Subway into Berlin to the Museum of Berlin. At the museum we got a little cell phone like thing that was a guided tour. Thank god they had an option in English. I could spend my whole blog writing sbout the history in there but it would take way too long. It was just over when Germany was separated and the berlin wall.

Just a cool picture i thought I would put in here.

Then Herr Mundt let Courtney and I have 2 hours on our own by the KaDeWe. Otherwise known as the most expensive department store in Europe. I'm pretty sure it cost to breathe in there. So we left to do something worth our time. 

We went and ate some Pizza and we saw this next to where we were sitting. 

(Shout out to Kinsey)

Another piece of the Berlin Wall.

Then it was back to Porta on the train in 1rst class again.

When my ost mom picked me up she had their White Russian exchange student with them. How cool!! She could only speak Russian and German. So when I talked to her it had to be in German.She was so nice!! She gave me Russian chocolate. I have no idea what is in it because the whole package is in Russian. It looks really cool though.

Potsdam/Berlin day 2

We went to Potsdam and on our way we saw the Grunewaldturms (the green forest tower),and of course we had to climb to the top. I mean why not.

I think it was about 180 steps just going up. But it was worth it. The tower overlooks the green forest(hints the name),and was built in a memorial to Kaiser Wilhelm. But to the Prussians who built it he was just König Wilhelm. (Kaiser = emperor / König = king)

Here it is!! The view from the top. The picture doesn't even do it justice.

Then Herr Mundt took us to see a bridge along the line of East and West Berlin. (symbolized by the white line) Here is where the East and West exchanged their spies.

And of course there were locks on the bridge again right along the line of East and West Berlin.

Then to San Souci. Fredrick the great's weekend get away. The house looks over a huge garden covered in green along with a fountain at the bottom.

Here is where he is buried. You can't see it very well but the three stone like things on his grave are potatos on his grave. He introduced potatos to Germany.

Another Palace....I don't really remember what it was called though,but it looked pretty cool!!

After all of that walking in the heat we went back to Herr Mundt's daughters house for some cake and a little nap. The cake was AMAZING.....it was covered in black current YUM!!! Later on after our nap we went out with Herr Mundt's daughter(Suzanne) and her husband. They took us shopping a little bit. Then to eat at a Vietnamese food (not sure if I spelled that right or not)

YUM!! Loved it!

Then we went to see the remaining pieces of the Berlin Wall.

This piece was the only piece that didn't have loads of gum on it. Nasty!! The others were coated in gum on both sides. I guess it is just a tourist thing to stick your gum on the Berlin Wall. Gross!!

Here it is the best ice cream in the whole wide world. I don't know if I will be able to eat american ice cream.

I had peach and strawberry. YUM!! After that it was getiing late so we just went back and went to bed.

Off to Berlin!!

I left for Berlin on the train at about 8:15ish. My host parents took me to the station where we met up with Courtney and Herr Mundt.

( view of the Kaiser-Wilhelm statue from the train station)

(my host dad at the train station)

We had to change trains from the local one to the ICE train.......I have no idea what that means I just know it goes really fast. On that train we had 1rst class tickets!! Thank you Sister Cities!! Leather chairs and cold AC that is my kind of train ride.

 When we got in Berlin it was about 12. When we got there we locked our bags in a locker and went out to walk around in the city for the day. On the way out of the train station we aw a movie poster for Dispicable Me 2.

Looks weird seeing it in German doesn't it.

We saw the German Parliament(Deutcher Bundestag).

It was in West Berlin barely separated by the Berlin wall.

You can really tell in this picture because the building it on the right side and the wall was right on the thick line of a different pavement.

Here we are at the Brandenburg Gate. (photo by Herr Mundt) There were random people that you could take pictures with including; Darth Vader, Nazi Soldiers,A big bear,and many others. But you had to pay and that is just rediculous. There were also alot of street performers dancing to alot of Micheal Jackson. Speaking of MJ, the hotel that he held his baby out the window was right next to the Gate.

Honestly I think that Herr Mundt could lead his own tour around Berlin. He knows it like the back of his hand. He could go on and on telling you everything you ever wanted to know about Berlin.

Berlin is where they have different country's embassies. Right now they have alot of security by all of the embassies because they are afraid of a terrorist attack.

Great Britian's Embassy.

And of course the most important Embassy to see the USA Embassy.

 Of course I bet you are wondering why I put a polar bear in here. I mean it is just a regular polar bear.......but not to Berliners. The polar bear is a symbol of Berlin. After the war Berlin gave out a lot of theese bears (originally white) to stores and other places to decorate and display. You can find them just about everywhere in Berlin. They are all painted different and not one bear looks like another.

The Amplemann (the stop light man) another popular thing in Berlin. It is just the light to let you walk across the street but it is a big deal here. They even have stores with different clothes and other things with The Amplemann on it.

We climbed all the way to the top of the French Cathedral. A total of 254 stairs one way. Herr climbed it like it was no big deal. He is just like an energizer bunny he just keeps going and goin gand going. I was really impressed.

 Here is where the Nazi students burned all of the books because the books were against the Nazi propoganda. The little glas in the ground shows the empty bookshelves where all the books were in the University that were burned. 

Now this guy was cool. he was playing really hard and imprssive songs just by using the glasses. How cool!!

Here he is Herr Mundt in action! I still don't know how he was able to walk so much. I am really impressed. We had to of walked all the way around East Berlin in one day. We walked for 4 or 5 hours at least. 

Around 4:30 we heading all the way back to the train station to get our bags and meet his daughter who was picking us up at the station. When we got to her house we had a BBQ and then Courtney and I went downstairs to our room and passed out. What a long day!! But it was worth it because we got to see a lot of cool things in Berlin.

Segway Tour in Minden

 Today we went on a segway tour in Minden.

Here is the guy in charge of the segways.

Of course when he explained how to use the segway it was in German. Luckily,I have already been on a Segway so I kid of had an idea of how to operate it. They taught us one by one how to use it. Lucky me again the lady behind him who was also with the company could speak English. What a relief! It wasn't that hard. As soon as I was on it I was going strong. It was so much fun. We rode around Minden and the Tour director  (a different older guy wearing bright green pants) showed us around for 3 hours. He explained everything in German. It wasn't too bad because my host mom asked him to talk slower so I could understand. Then if i didn't get it at all then she would explain it to me in English. We couldn't take pictures while we were on the tour thought, because they wanted you to be paying attention to your Segway the whole time which is understandable. So after the tour my host family took me back into Minden so I could take pictures.

Going back to Minden they had a bridge over the Weser only for people to walk on.

On the bridge couples put locks. It is a European thing. To them it is a symbol of love because they lock it on the bridge forever with both of their names on it and throw the key in the river. Symbolizing that they will always be together. Awwww :)  How cute!! 

They are every where!! Any where there is a bridge there are several locks. My host mom said that sometimes they get too many and there are ads in the paper telling people they need to take their locks down or they will be cut off and thrown away.

When we were past the bridge we saw this cute little car again and I just had to take a picture of it. You won't find this in America.

It looks like a little matchbox car!!! 

Then my host parents let Caro and I explore Minden for a little while. We got some Shrimp Scampi yum!

I think they were having some kind of festival or something. Because they had food tents set up everywhere and live German/French music playing.

Then Caro and I looked around at all the little shops in Minden and then we went back to Porta.

Later I went Bowling with Annika, her boyfriend, and their friend Florian.We bowled for a solid 2 hours. I have to say I was kicking some butt at bowling.I did alot better than I did mini golfing. I even got a strike!! Go me!! But Annikas bf did the best because he is so strong he could almost knock them all down every time. 

My day with Caro!!

My day started off getting picked up by the one and only Caro!! She took me back to her house in another part of Porta for breakfast with her family. Her family that was there (her mom and brother)are just as tall as her!! (she is 6ft) She also told me that her uncle is 2.11 meters tall (7ft tall)!! I don't feel so tall with her :). Her best friend Christiane was there as well....but she is not so tall. She is about as tall as I am, maybe a little shorter. She was awesome though!! Caro,Christiane, and I all sat around talking for a couple of hours after breakfast. The good thing is that Christiane can speak fluent English almost as well as Caro can. I really wish I could speak two languages as fluent as they do.....maybe someday it will come. It was really cool though they would be talking in English and then the next thing you know they are talking about the same thing but they switched to German. After breakfast Christiane wanted to go on a hike so we went on a hike. We hiked for about 3 hours ish. It was so beautiful!!!! Everything was so green!! I loved it!!! Afterwards we went for ice cream and of course I got this flavor.

(Rocher the chocolate one)

It was really rich and it had nuts in it. Im not sure what kind though but I loved it!! Then Caro took me back to the Homeier's. Then my host mom invited Caro to go with me the next day on a segway tour of Minden. Of course Caro said she would go! woooooo!!! :) After Caro left we had a BBQ. My host dad made grilled veggies and some beef kababs. YUM! (just figured out how to post pictures with the computer SCORE!!) Veronica:1
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Official Welcome to Porta Westfalica

Ok just kidding in my last post about it being my last day of school. I keep forgeting to write in my journal so I know what I did. I went with Annika again to school and we ate again. But this time it was in her English class,and they were watching a slideshow of pictures from their class trip to Dublin. Most of their pictures were of Guiness beer. Pictures from the museum,and brewery,and pictures of them drinking them. Weird!! That just doesn't seem right drinking on a school trip. That would never fly in America. EVER!! hahaha I don't really remember the other classes that she had that day. Later on in the afternoon my host family took me to the Rathaus (city hall). All of my host families were there and Frau!!! haha! I GOT TO SEE CARO!!! I haven't seen her in a year. For those of you who don't know Caro stayed with me her first week in America during her exchange. I get to stay with her next! Ok so after I talked with my host families Frau,and Caro, Herr Mundt talked about the exchange for a while in German......I couldn't really understand it. It was Ok because he explained it in English if it was really important for us to know. After he was done talking he gave us each presents from their side of sister cities. They gave us a book about the area of Porta Westfalica in bothe English and German. Along with a small pin and a light up keychain with the Porta Westfalica symbol on it,and 50 Euros!! Thank you sister cities!!! Then my host mom from my last host family said that she wanted to take Courtney and I on a trip with her daughter to an island in the North Sea sponsered by their bank only for young people!! How cool!! I can't wait!!

3rd day of German school

I went to school again. The teachers were pretty much done teaching for the year so all we did was watch movies in German all day. But her first class Biology we had some food. Bread,bread,and more bread. haha :) It is all really good though! Then she had Erdkunde (Geography) and we watched a movie in German,but it was originally in French so they talked a lot faster to try to match up with mouths speaking in French. It was really hot in there,because they dont have air conditioning they just open the windows. Normally it wouldn't be a problem,but there wasn't a breeze at all. After that she had Religion. Yes that is right I said Religion in a public school. Weird right?? At home they wouldn't even think about having Religion in school. We just watched a Monte Python movie the whole time. The next class (social studies) we watched a german war movie in german. Then school was done for the day for her.When we got home my host mom took Annika and I shopping at the mall.We had some Pizza for lunch and of course I got it all over my white shorts. Where was Hannah Finnerty when I needed her?? Every time on my English Isles trip when we sat down to eat Hannah always got on me about putting my napkin on my lap. Ok so continuing on with my day. We did a little shopping at the mall. I bought some stabilos for mom. ( really amaying german pens) I noticed at a book store that the book's spines are printed different. Instead of having to turn your head to the right to read the spine you have to turn your head to the left to read it.  Later on after we had been home for a while we went mini golfing. I was awful,but it was my first time and a lot of fun!! When we finished the course we went to a little restaurant on the river and had supper. I had schnitzel!! It was SOOO good! Loved it!!

Second day of German school

I know I haven't posted in a while. I have been so busy with my host Family and trying to keep up with my journal at the same time. Annika took me to School again with her. This was the longest day of school I have had with her so far. She had 3 two hour classes. It was nicer today because I got to sleep in a little bit. First annika had English. All of the Kids can speak really great English, but I guess they are too shy or intimidated to try and talk to me in English. The teacher spoke British English and of course had a British accent. It was funny because she would ask me questions about English, like which word goes better and if she was spelling something right or not. Courtney was there with me in the second hour of English,and the teacher continuously asked us both questions about our English. After that she had Biology. They were doing DNA Isolation of a tomato. Not too interesting.Then she had Sport (P.E) for two hours. Their P.E is different,because they can wear whatever clothes they want too work out in. They don't all have to wear uniforms like at school at home. It was also Co-Ed P.E. They could choose what they wanted to do. The gym was separated into three sections one for Volleyball,Basketball,and Soccer. After that Annika was done with school for the day so Paul came and picked us up. Later on in the day Annika had to go to Fahrschule (driving school). Over here it is a lot different. Here you have to be 18 to get your license,but when you are 16 you can get a license to drive a scooter or a motorcycle. After we dropped her off, my host mom took me to Rinteln. We did a little bit of Shopping. I got a cup with my german name on it (Wiebke), Then we had ice cream. It was spaghetti ice cream. They basically take ice cream and put it through something that makes it look like spaghetti. Super cool!! I had mine with strawberries. I am pretty sure I will end up eating my weight in strawberries by the time this adventure is over......I might even turn into a strawberry.

German School!

Today I went with Annika to German school. It was alot different than American school,but I expected that because we learned about German school in German class. She only had two classes today, two hours of math and french. Courtney the other exchange student was in her first class because Alex was there, her host brother. It was nice to hear someone only speaking English to me for once. Neither of us could underrstand the teacher, so we both wrote in our journals. After an hour of class they all get a 5 minute break, then they go back to class or to a new class. Alex took Courtney and I to meet the secretary,she was nice. I thought math in English was bad, it isnt much better in German. All I could pick up is that they were learning matricies. The teacher just sat in the back of the room and had them do problems and then have someone do them on the board and explain how they got it. After math Annika had a 20 minute break then a 2 hour break before her last class French. In the school they have certain rooms they can go to that have couches, so they can talk with friends or just hang out. Annika was talking with some people and I could kind of understand what they are saying. They were talking so fast that I just wrote in my journal for a while instead. Then before I knew it the bell rang and it was time for French. The whole class of only 9 kids waited at the door for the teacher to show up. There if the teacher doesnt show up within 5 minutes they can go home. We almost did but then the teacher was walking up the stairs as we were going down. They were all dissapointed, but the class ony lasted about 10 minutes and she let them all go home for the day. There they have up to 12 subjects that they have to keep track of at a time. Then I took a nap.....the jet lag is really catching up with me, but I am getting better. My German is improving more and more everyday.

Bis Später!! (later!!)

Paul's Birthday!!

Yesterday was my host brother's birthday, he turned 21. They had their family over for breakfast. That was kind of differrent,but cool. They all got here at about 10,and I was introduced to all of their family members. They were all so nice. Most of them introduced themselves in English and that was just about all that they knew in English. They were very suprised when I introduced myself in German. Then some of them tried to talk to me in German. I understood some of it but the rest was a mumbled mess. They talk SO fast,once I pick up the translation they are already done with that conversation and talking about a new topic. But when I got two confused they slowed down and I could understand them a lot better. Paul invited a friend over and Annika had her boyfriend over. Her boyfriend is SO tall. I've never seen someone so tall in my life. The breakfast was good we had scrambled eggs bacon and various kinds of rolls. I sat with the kids and after breakfast we went downstairs and played some Fooseball. They think it is funny that we call it that because it is close to their word for soccer fussball. Same pronunciation with different spelling. After some Fooseball i went back upstairs and talk with my host parents and the remaining family members. They would talk for a while and if I looked really confused then my host mom explained it. She is really good at speaking English. When she was my age she spent a year in Hawaii studying. Then when they left I went in my room for a little while to relax. All of that german translation wears me out,and I think the jet lag is starting to catch up with me. Later I had some cake that their Grandma brought. It was a rasberry cake,and it was really sweet and very good!!  Then even later on we went to a turkish restaurant, because turkish food is Paul's favorite. It was different but good. In my salad I had an olive, but it looked just like the beans in the salad and I ate it. It wasn't a good suprise. I must of had an awful face,because my host mom asked me if I was ok. The rest of the food was awesome though. I had a chicken and green pepper kabob and some intestines. YUM! The intestines tasted just like Haggis! But by the way it was cooked and served you would have never known it was intestines unless someone told you. It looked kind of like a hamburger. But it didn't taste like hamburger anyone else would of had the same reaction I had to the olive if someone told them in was intestines, my host family didn't tell me untill after I ate it. After that we went back home and we all went into Paul's room to watch Game of Thrones in german. The whole family really likes it but Paul likes it the most. He even got some of the books that the TV show was based on for his birthday.

Hallo Deutschland! (hello germany)

After lots and lots of traveling I am finally here!! All of my flights were running late. My first flight left on time but we sat in the runway for at least an hour so air traffic control could figure out which way they wanted to send us to Washington-Dulles Airport. Of course since we were late taking off we missed our flight to Munich. But thankfully Connie from Heartland Travel already had us on another flight before we landed. We just had to go a Service desk and have them print the new tickets to Franfurt. The new flight to Germany did not leave untill 9:50. We boarded the plane on time. The plane was HUGE!! I have never been on a plane that big before. It had three sets of three seating in one row!! We pulled out of the gate hoping tto get out before the storm came through. But the Airport would not let us go because we were too late. That gave us a FOUR hour delay. We didnt leave Washington-Dulles untill 2 or 3am. But it wasnt a big deal for me. I watched 50 first dates and then fell sound asleep thanks to my sleeping meds. Once we arrived in Frankfurt we had again missed our flight to Hanover. Connie was there again and had already texted me of my new flight. She is AMAZING!! We had about a two hour layover in Hanover and then we boarded the plane to Hanover. This was the shortest flight I have ever been on. It was about 30 minutes total. It seemed like as soon as we took off and were all the way up in the air we were landing in Hanover. Our bags managed to both make it to Hanover no trouble at all.......huge relief! Afer we claimed our bags Karl-HeinzWillie and Erica Jahnz were easily spotted with their sign and took us to Porta Westfalica!!!! We arrived at the first house and Karl told me it was mine so I got out with all of my bags and introduced myself to the family......then the dad asked me if I was Courtney......nope haha. That was Courtneys family the Tebbe family not the Homeier family. Then they took me to my family the Homeier family. They are very nice! By the time I got here I was completely exhausted. I had over 24 hours of traveling by then so I was ready for bed. Barbara my host mom showed me around the house and introduced me to the rest of her family. They have a daughter the same age as me named Annika and a son Paul (20). Their house is very small but it has just enough room for everything. I cant post Pictures this time unfortunately because they do not have Wifi and I am on my host moms computer. The next morning I woke up got dressed and went with Peter my host dad to the backery by bike. Not too bad of a ride only 5 minutes one way. The backery had bread bread and more bread. After that we came home and ate breakfast. My host mom made me an egg but not a regular egg you would Picture,but an egg in its own little stand like bowl thing(I have no idea what it is called). It was pretty weird eating a kind of hard boiled egg with a spoon. We also had bread from the backery with various jams and fruit. The strawberries are nothing like the strawberries back home! They are alot sweeter and have an overall better taste to them. After breakfast my host parents took me to a book store where they bought their son Paul his birthday present,and bought me teh first Harry Potter book in German.Then the Kaiser-Wilhelm Statue overlooking all of Porta. Oh and in case you didnt already know this Porta isnt really a town or a City for that matter it is about 50 cities put together in one name. HUGE! My host dad said it is just about as big as Paris in area. It is so beautiful!!! They brought their dog with them named Sam. He is very well trained. After that we went to Minden to a coffee factory because they needed a new piece for theirs. Pretty cool. Both of my host parents can speak english pretty well. But most of the time they speak in German and if I dont understand they will explain it in english for me. We came back home for some cake. The cake was weird but really good it was fruit in jello on top of a little bit of cake. After that we went on a boat ride on the Wesser river(vazor) in Minden. On the ride we went through a lock. The boat had to sink down with the water so we could get through to the other side where the water wasnt as deep. After a while we went on the Canal. It is basically a bridge for the Wesser to go over the top of another river. Then we went to a mill and Í got to see how they made flour with the mill using wind power. Before we even walked in the mill a little boy fell from the stairs. These stairs are similar to the stairs coming down from the top of the gate at Fort de Charters. The poor boy fell like a rock and hit his head on the rock wall at the bottom. He had a huge bruise on his head and a few scrapes. Other than that the Mill was really cool(insert beautiful picture of a german mill). Then to a Grocery store for some Food. Then we went back home and had Spaghetti and Salad. Annika was home when we got there.....she isnt so great at english. As of now my german is improving even more everytime I talk to my host family and I am getting better at understanding them as well. Tomorrow is Paul´s birthday. ( aha! i found the ` button). His family and friends are coming over for a party.....hopefully I can understand them. Just an FYI if there is a z when there should be a y that is because the German Keyboard has them switched and I type so fast that I hardly even notice it. Just so you know. I don´t know if I will be able to blog everyday but I will try.

suprise vacation in philly

I made it back to the states!!!!!.....bad news Im stuck in philly till tuesday. An hour before our flight it was cancelled due to lack of crew members. But it also had to do with the plane crash this morning in San Fran california. As of now ive been awake about 24 hours. But good news we get two free nights and free food provided by EF tours. We also get a tour tomorrow to see the sights here like the Liberty Bell. Right now I am so tired it isnt even funny. Well at least Ill get to see more and it is for free. But i still cant wait to be home!!

Last day in london almost home

Today was bitter sweet because this whole trip has been amazing and no onee wants it to end but everyone is tired and grouchy and needs to go home. We crammed as much stuff as possible today...some of it didnt get done but the day was still a great finale day. 

The day started on the London Eye.

Then to the Harry potter film walk where we saw some of the places they filmed at.

(jk rowling's inspiration for the location of the leaky cauldron.

Then I had Indian food for the first time! fantastic!! Pretty spicy but great!!!

We were 10 min late for the boat tour so we couldnt go on it. Instead we saw a 4d movie and of course a bird was narrorating it :O!! The whole time a bird was coming at you. great! I forgot to mention that the birds in london are everywhere and not aftaid of anything. They swooped people and chased then atound. I even had a weird nightmare that birds were attacking me an i woke up spazing out....poor hannah.

Then We had Fish and Chips in a medieval resturant and then the Jack the ripper tour. The tour was very gory and detailed but super cool!!

(our tour guide)

Tomorrow I'm off to the airport to go home!! Can't wait to see you all back home and start packing for my Germany trip!!

 

All the sights

Today I visited the old Roman city of Bath. It is exactly what you would expect. It is where the romans bathed. 

It was basically a spa back then. They eveb had a hot bath because it was connected deep in the middle of the earth.

The cold bath was a spring.

By the exit was their abbey (church)

Then it was off to Stonehenge! But we got stuck in traffic for an hour because of an accident. We were really late for supper because we were 3 hours away from london.

We had an audio tour with a personal almost cellphone thing that gave you information wheb you pressed the numbers along the walk way. It was right in the middle of a field with crops close by. I still loved it!! 

After a hummus supper (eww) we went to 221b (sherlock's home) and Abbey Road (the road the beatles walked on their album cover)

My abbey road pictures are on my camera. 

We went in the Tube (london subway)

Tomorrow is my last day in London and the next day I am on my way back to te states. Where has the time gone???

Happy 4th from England!

I woke up the next morning when the train stopped and i was right on the edge o the top bunk. No worries because there were straps on the end so you didnt fall out. Straight from there we started our guided tour on our new coach. Our guide knew all about London but when it came to the USA she was waaaayyyy off. In one of the parks was a statue of Abe Lincoln and our guide said "and there you have Abe Lincoln the founder of America and Democracy" *facepalm*. Haha other than that we saw most of London's sights on the bus like Big Ben.

Buckingham palace

and we went back to our hotel and got pulled over by the police. LOL that would happen to our group. I have never heard people put on their seatbelts so fast in their life. How many people can say they got pulled over in the UK?? haha

Later we went back into downtown through the tube! (london's subway) That was pretty exciting. We went to see the london tower.

It is where they keep the crown jewels. I couldnt take pictures of them but they were soo beautiful! Ive never seen anything like it in real life.

From the White tower in the london tower there was an amazing view of the London Bridge and good news it wasnt falling down (ba dum chush) haha

and a cool dragon made from weapons and pounds 

Well thats all for today tomorrow I am visiting Stonehenge! Happy 4th of july america!! From England lol maybe that is why the police pulled us over because we are americans and they are still mad about separaying haha