Dear London Town

Dear class,

My second day in London started at noon because we slept so late! The first thing we did was go to the London Eye. I could see Buckingham Palace, St. Paul’s Cathedral, the River Thames, and Big Ben and the houses of Parliament. The pod I rode in looked like a glass egg with a bench in the middle. The ride took thirty minutes and I got really hot. My favorite thing was when an English lady showed me how to find Buckingham Palace.

After the London Eye, we went on a river taxi to go to see the Prime Meridian line in Greenwich (pronounced Grehn-itch). We went under a lot of bridges, including the foot bridge in the latest Harry Potter movie. I also saw the Tower of London, the Tower Bridge and Canary Wharf (which reminds me of downtown Kansas City).

When we got to Greenwich we went to a museum with some of the royal boats inside. After, we went up to the Royal Observatory to see the Prime Meridian. I got to stand on the Eastern and Western hemispheres and the actual marker for the Prime Meridian too! I also went into a dark room called a camera obscura where we could see the Queen’s house and cars and people moving like little tiny white dots.

We finished our day with a plate of fish and chips. It tasted good. I even tried vinegar on my chips, but I decided I like ketchup more.

Tomorrow we are going to see Buckingham Palace and the changing of the guards and the play Oliver!

[Note from km: videos are coming -- just haven't had time to edit them together.]