Days 2 was magnificent! The day seemed super elongated because we walked 12 miles.. yes 12 miles. However, every mile and every second of that day was worth it. The places we saw with David were rather spectacular; I truly didn’t think we would be able to see the Buckingham Palace but we got too. I loved that David was so knowledgable and so excited to be with us. He made us feel like we were at home when we are nearly 4000 miles away from Columbus. The landscape and architectural relationship between the Kensington Garden and the Princess Diana memorial was wonderfully shocking. The architecture plays a rather witty part of the overall environment because it acts like it was part of the landscape from the beginning. The Princess Diana memorial was seriously just breathtaking. It does not compare to any of the pictures at all. The Princess Diana memorial was completely different than say the Peter Pan sculpture or the Buckingham Palace and the Queens Park. They both were very abrupt when handling the relationship between architecture and landscape. I enjoyed both ways of developing the London area but the subtle ways that Princess Diana Memorial played the part of landscape and architecture.

Day 3 was seriously one of the best days yet! This day spoke to me most in the morning; once it got to the afternoon I wasn’t so amazed because I was still so hung up about the British Museum. As I mentioned earlier, pictures do not show the proportions in scale well at all. When I walked into the Court room it was seriously one of the best experiences EVER. I loved it! I was speechless and thought that I was never going to leave to go look at the items in the museum spaces. The architecture in there is spectacular because it plays on the idea of modern architecture but classic architecture as well. I seriously was amazed that someone could play with the different styles like that and yet make it so elegant and modern. I loved sketching here. I was totally moved by the different architecture and the different rooms that held the Egyptian, Greek, and Roman information. Everything was fabulous about the morning. I actually didn’t want to leave. I loved walking around the buildings in downtown. The Gherkin has a beautiful and rather fascinating structural system which I never thought about before. I loved the contrast from white to the glass as well. I enjoyed the different types of architecture in the city because it played a wonderful relationship between the new and old forms of architecture.

Loved love loved those two days!!

This photo was at dinner when we were waiting for our food to come out. Everyone looks wind-burnt and tired but it was worth it!

These two photos were at Buckingham Palace which I was so totally excited about! Words can not express how happy I am that we got to see Buckingham Palace!

The British Museum was definitely my favorite sketch so far on this trip. Truly so blessed to be in London!