Westminster Abbey and around

So yesterday we started out the day by going to westminster abbey pretty early in the morning. westminster is a big cathedral that a lot of famous people are buried in and if i'm not mistaken, all of the monarchs since william the conquerer in 1066 have been coronated there. so we weren't allowed to take pictures in the cathedral but i saw the graves of so many people. to name a few; jane austen, the bronte sisters, charles dickens, charles darwin, queen elizabeth the first, and so many others. all i can say from that is i'm so glad that they don't bury people in our churches because it was a little bit creepy. so like i said, no pictures inside, but here are some from outside...

After westminster we came home, ate lunch, and then went shopping. we went to the most expensive store in London. It is called Harrods, and to just give you an idea about prices there, I saw a fur coat that was 14,000 pounds, and that translates into 21,000 U.S. dollars. Crazy huh? but this store is GIGANTIC. They have a full on grocery store in the store and tons of places to eat and it is crazy. They had anything that you wanted you could find it there. They had a place that they sell ice cream there and it was 12 pounds...18 U.S. dollars. I like ice cream, but not that much. But, needless to say, I did make a purchace. I found designer jeans for only 30 pounds which was really on sale and they are so cute, so now when I wear them and people tell me they like my jeans and ask me where I got them, i can say LONDON! This store though was like a mall. It was crazy. But directly after we walked out of the store we saw....a ferrari. No joke, it was so nice and if my memory is not mistaken I believe that there were two parked in a row.

Later we saw a street performer and he was a juggler. He was juggling two huge knifes and an apple on a unicycle. And the unicycle was probably 10 feet off the ground. crazy!

I came home and helped with dinner and then later that night we went out and i had my first experience on a double decker bus. I was always too afraid to go by myself but there was a group of us and we finally braved it. It was a great day in london!