Today we went to the British Museum in the morning. My favorite exhibit was probably the one covering the life of a man and a woman and all the drugs that they took from birth to death. It’s interesting how medication has evolved in the last century—while it has improved many medical conditions, it has also lead to many cases of overdose. St. Paul’s Cathedral was absolutely stunning. The design of both the interior and the exterior was so beautiful and I’m still in awe with how they were able to build it so intricately with the lack of construction technology that we have today. During our free half day, we walked past Shakespeare’s Globe, which I found so cool to see in person after remembering seeing pictures in my textbooks in high school. We walked across Tower Bridge, which was beautiful but WINDY! We also walked past London bridge, which didn’t appear as magnificent as Tower Bridge despite the famous song. We went to Abbey Road to take the classic Beatles album cover photo and look at the studio. Surprisingly there was a decent amount of traffic through that street, and I’m sure the drivers were frustrated by all of us tourists crowding the street every other car passing…
Most of the shops were closed since it was Sunday so we walked around the Notting Hill residential areas, which were so quaint. For dinner, I went to Gordan Ramsay’s Bread Company restaurant which was amazing. While the food was definitely delicious, I wonder if that was overhyped due to the ongoing thought that it was a Gordon Ramsay restaurant..
