Today is our last day in London. We have finally acclimated ourselves to the time change, the culture, location, tube and bus system, and feel comfortable going around. Yesterday and today have been slightly cooler. The students were free for the first half of the day to again, explore on their own.
During the second half of the day, I had several activities planned. First off, I took them to an imaginary line called the Prime Meridian. I had planned for them to straddle the line for a pic. Unfortunately, once we got there, we found out that we had to pay to get in to the area to straddle the line. The last time I visited Greenwich was in 2003 when straddling the line was free. Regardless, we hung out in front of the main statue, took pictures and relaxed a little until it was time to go due to the rain.
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| Group at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London |
Next, we headed to the Planetarium and watched a show on solar super storms. It is scary to think how much panic and chaos a super solar storm would cause. After the planetarium, we headed down the hill to take a boat to get back to the hostel.
On our way back, we went to Chinatown for dinner. London's Chinatown is a very entertaining and lively place. We had dinner and then headed to Trafalgar Square which is one of the largest public squares in all of Europe. We spent some time being entertained by street performers and we took some pictures before we decided to call it a night. We took our # 24 double decker bus back to the hostel. We finished packing our suitcases and backpacks and were ready to leave London in the morning. Just when we felt like we had gotten used to London, it was time to leave.
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