After not sleeping all night on the plane, we arrived in London around 9am, and I could have easily been mistaken as Hagrid from Harry Potter. We then took a bus to Downe House; our driver had quite the ~colorful~ personality. In Downe, we ate lunch at a traditional English pub: George and Dragon. I had a scrumptious chicken pot pie that began my descent into the dark world of consuming dairy. After lunch, we walked to see Charles Darwin’s house–it was very posh. I really enjoyed listening to the audio player while touring the house, because I learned a lot more about Darwin’s life with his family. I also walked through the greenhouse in Darwin’s garden where Darwin had done many of his studies. I loved seeing both Darwin’s house, and Downe as . whole, because it showed a very different aspect of England.
