Yesterday, we kicked off the last weekend of our trip with a
quick overnight visit to London! The
group was up early to catch a two-hour train ride from Piccadilly station in
Manchester. Some of us dozed on the
train while others worked on our assignments for class.
The group checked
into Reid Hall on the campus of Regent’s University, right in the heart of the
beautiful Regent’s Park. For some of us,
it’d been a while since we’d experienced the communal living of dorm life, but
we made the best of it. After settling
in, the group all jumped on the upper level of an open-topped Double Decker Bus
to grab in as many sights as possible during our short time here.
The tour took us down the length of Regent Street, through
Piccadilly Circus, and into Haymarket where we enjoyed a proper burger and
fries. From there, we continued our tour
to the Tower of London. While some of
the group stayed to scope out a peek of the crown jewels, others, including
myself, decided to take a trip down the Thames to Westminster. Views from the Thames were breathtaking as we
navigated under a number of bridges, including the London Bridge, which is
holding up just fine. Our group took in
the London Eye, Big Ben, and the parliament building.
At the end of sightseeing, our groups rendezvoused at the
Royal Albert Hall Theater for an evening showing of Swan Lake in the round,
featuring dancers from English National Ballet.
The English National Ballet Philharmonic sounded outstanding performing
Tchaikovsky’s score and the dancers’ performances were very strong. Even some of the more skeptical among us left
pleased with the performance.
The day ended with a quick reminder of the States: a trip to
McDonald’s where we discovered that it is not called a Royale with Cheese.
-Doug Collins
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