It was a long day of traveling and I was surviving on a very few hours of sleep. I had hardly gotten any sleep the on Thursday night and managed a measly two hours on the plane to London. I was dead exhausted but as soon as we touched down I was filled with adrenaline and was ready to explore! I can’t even begin to describe the excitement that continued to build as soon as I stepped outside and saw green grass and felt the warm air ( well compared to Ohio weather) on my face. We loaded the bus and headed to down which honestly was one of my favorite parts of the whole trip because of how beautiful the country side of England was, I would love to go back one day and explore this more. It was interesting to learn of the history of the area and some current news from the tour guide as there is so much going on in England right now. When we got to Down I was excited to get my first British batch of fish and chips and it was a perfect welcome in a quaint pub. Then we were able to explore the church near by that Darwin and his family attended it was very modest and a bit surprising to me that his family had been buried here completely separate from him. Finally we were able to tour through Darwins house which was so big and beautiful, I really couldn’t believe that I was within the same house that one of the most famous scientists had lived and worked. I loved that we had the ability to go at our own pace and dig deeper into learning what we were interested in hearing about. I closed the night out by settling into the hotel and then enjoying some pub time with my classmates these were always my favorite moments as I got to get to know them much better as individuals.