Dear London Town

Dear Class,

We began our day with a visit to the Tate Modern museum. It had a lot of art and sculptures and paintings. My favorite paintings were a big, colorful one by Matisse and Water Lilies by Monet (which we studied in art class at school). I also liked this thing that looked like soap on a rope, and it really was soap, but on a wire. I also thought Thirty Pieces of Silver was awesome because it was all these silver things, like forks and plate and trombones, that were flattened by a steam roller and hung from the ceiling. (There are my faves too — km)

We had lunch at the museum. I had a burger and a hot tea! Then, we walked across the river on the Millenium bridge, and there were no cars allowed on it, only people. The bridge is famous from the last Harry Potter movie from being destroyed, but they didn’t really destory it.

Then, we went into St. Paul’s Cathedral. I took my mom to the very middle and showed her where Christopher Wren is buried (he’s actually down in the crypt — JI) and I showed her the words about him on the floor, because I saw it on my GlobeTrekker video. A priest heard me and he ended up taking my mom and me on a tour to see the American Chapel, some special art, and a famous spiral staircase that you usually cant see because it’s behind a locked door. (This staircase is in Harry Potter: Prizoner of Azkaban as the stairs to Dumbledore’s office, among other movies — JI) I even got to use this really big key to lock up the door. Then, I went all the way to the top of the cathedral. It was a lot of stairs, but we could see all of London from there. It was awesome.

Next, we took a taxi to the Tower of London. I saw the Crown Jewels, they were in a vault. There was a lot of gold in there. Then, I saw Henry VIII’s armor and weapons. We walked all around the tower and saw all the rooms and I dont know why anyone would want to live in the White Tower, it does not look comfortable. (Lauren has said that she thinks it would be “inappropriate” to talk about the executions to her class on the blog, but she sure loves the phrase “off with their heads;” thus, the title of the post.)

When we left, we walked across Tower Bridge to get back to the tube so we could meet my Aunt Kate for dinner at her flat. They say flat instead of apartment here! After, we went back to the Tower of London for the Ceremony of the Keys. This is where the soldiers and beefeaters lock up the tower for the night. We got home really late, but I am always out late in London!