Well, I thought I would write as I am waiting for the train. I'm going into London by myself, oh I bet everyone is glad to hear that but seriously no one could go with me, and I'm good with London. I know where I am going, I actually don't have a plan but I know the area. And I brought my books just incase, well more for the Underground. I'm not going to sit around waiting for my friends to be available to go to London with me, it doesn't work that way.

Anyway so let's see what has been going on here, um Amaya, Kathleen and I started watching Lost last night. They have never seen it, and they love it. Season 1 is great, Charlie is good, not bad like they make him in Season 2. I better get a hold of Season 2 before we finish the first season or they might hurt me. I thought we were only watching one episode last night, um well we watched the whole first disc. Every time an episode ended, one of them would go, "Next." I love their reactions, they freak out over everything, though I know I'll be freaking out when Ethan comes around, I hate Ethan so much, he creeps me out. But um at the end of Episode 4, Jack sees his Dad and they freaked out, and I thought about it, well after everything else that has happened, Jack seeing his Dad is pretty calm... even though he is dead.

Okay I'll be back, train is here.

Hey back, on a lunch break. I'm at the Pizza Express by the Tower Bridge. Pizza Express is a cool chain here, the prices aren't bad... for England. When I got off the train I went in the direction of the London Eye and the Thames. I had thoughts of going to the Imperial War Museum, but I mistook it for the Cabinet Rooms, and I shouldn't have crossed the Thames. Opps. Not a big deal, I just went to plan b. I like to think that every time I come into London I become less and less of a tourist. I don't stop and take a picture of Big Ben anymore, or the creepy artist by the London Aquarium. I walk, and if I do take a picture, I don't stop in the middle of the busy sidewalk to do it. I step aside and take the picture. So annoying, I almost ran over a little kid, who was holding his Dad's hand and the Dad stopped to take a picture, and the kid and I were just a little surprised.

I took the Underground from Westminster, yeah the station where they filmed parts of HP5... argh. I got on the Jubilee line which prior to today I had not been on yet. It was cool. It has the covering on it so you can't fall into the tracks or whatever the purpose of it is. I only had to go 2 stop, I got off at Tower Bridge and right next to the station is the London Dungeon. I think that's the place that Philip said was a waste of time and money... but these people didn't get that memo. It was so crowded! Getting passed the lines was a challenge, I thought a famous celebrity was around or something. Right now I'm in a very interesting part of London, I'm still on the Thames, and not far from The Globe, but it's different. It is more business like, and less old, and oh yeah then you come to the Tower Bridge. It has a different feel to it, or is that the missing crowds? Once you get beyond the London Dungeon it's calm, less people, and more businesses.

Oh so another difference between the two cultures, my pizza wasn't cut today. Last time I was here it was, but then they knew I was sharing one with Monica. But looking around, everyone is eating pizza with a knife and fork, and cutting their pizza. It took half the fun out of eating pizza, my pizza would not cut easily. I did get tired of cutting it, so I ate some of it with my hands, but it's pizza, that's how you are suppose to eat it!

Alright, let's go back for a moment. The Tower Bridge... what a cool place. Yeah it's just a bridge, and cars drive over it, but imagine driving over it everyday. I look at the bridge and think, "My eyes are actually looking at the Tower Bridge, a symbol of London. My eyes, I'm not looking at some post card or picture, but I'm standing 5 feet from the bridge. I got goosebumps looking at it. God I love this place. Til later, I'm off.

Me again, I'm on the Tower Bridge. I had to stop and write, it is one of those things. It's really windy up here, and a lot of people are just hanging out sight seeing. I'm cold, but I'm walking across the bridge! So loving London. Bye again.

Hey, back again. It's been quite a day. Right now I'm pretty far north, well Kings Cross, but before I tell that story we have to go back, like 4 hours. After I walked across the bridge, I walked all around the Tower of London. It felt me in awe... I liked the bridge, but the Tower is so much older. This place is so well preserved... it's creepy. So unbelievable, it looks too pretty to be a torture place. I didn't go in, it's way too expensive, but it's so awesome. Mom told me that there is a part of the original Roman wall by the tower and I looked for it, but I didn't find anything. I did the usual... pictures of the Tower, and then after like a half an hour I decided it was time to go.

So I found a sign, because my plan was to go to the Museum of London and I was just looking for the closest Underground. This sign though said, "The Monument." That's it, well that and an arrow. I was sold, I followed the signs to The Monument. Monuments are like shiny objects to me, I get distracted by them. Well I walked, and walked, and after like 5 minutes I decided that sign had problems, and I stopped at a sidewalk, looked to my left to see if any cars were coming, and down this little street was a Monument. I walked down, and boy was this Monument big. It's for the Great Fire of London, after the fire, they built this so anyone could walk up to the top and see how London had recovered from the fire. So I thought hey why not, how many steps could it be? Carfax Tower in Oxford is 99... not bad at all. So take a guess, stop reading and take a guess on how many steps there are... oh were you thinking 312??? I wasn't, and that's how many they are. I was winded by like 150, because I didn't run, but I didn't walk either. I didn't know there was 312 steps, I would have paced myself better. At the top of the stairs, there isn't room for two people... it was a little freaky. But I made it to the top, and wow. The view is unbelievable, take a look at my pictures, it is all under London. I was in one of those situations where I have no words for it, and if you are like me and still can't believe I'm in London, it is even more exciting. I thought, "hey look at that pretty city... oh wow it's all of London." I stood there for the longest time just staring at the Thames, St. Pauls... everything.

I finally did leave, and on the way down I felt so bad for this one girl. She was kinda young, she and her mother were climbing up, but the girl decided that it was too high already. They were about a little more than half way up. Her mom was like, "You told me you were okay with this, I told you how high it is, and you wanted to come" and the girl is crying, so I took off my headphones, and told the mother, that if it made the girl feel any better, it was all gated up there, and she was almost there. They continued up, and I smiled at the girl as they passed me. At the entrance, I got a certificate for climbing up. I was excited, it's going on my board.

So after that there is an Underground station right next to The Monument, and I got on and went to Liverpool Street, because I was going to the Museum of London. So I'm walking down this street, I followed the signs, and at the corner right down the road from the Museum is this plaque in the building. It says that 'here is the spot where the first bomb of WWII hit". Wow, I took a picture of it. It's weird, I'm just walking, minding my own business, and I come upon something like that. So I continue on, and you have to walk up stairs and then go on a bridge to get to the Museum of London. Well my legs hate me, ever since walking the 312 steps, they hate me, so I was not pleased about the steps. But I'm walking on this bridge, and I look down, and think, "Um that wall looks really old" It was two pieces of a wall, and then I just stop. It's the original Roman wall. It's just there, in the middle of these new buildings, and the museum... wow. I know it was not built by Julius Caesar, they think it was built A.D 100, but it still amazes me. The States don't have a wall from like 2000 years ago! I love being in London and soon Spain just to see all this stuff. The Romans were here... I mean WOW. Americans are in awe at something 300 years old, and this piece of the wall has been standing for 2000 years! Why didn't Julius Caesar ever cross the pond? It would be so sweet to have this stuff in America. It's humbling... you just think about it, the Romans have left their mark on most of Europe, and I don't know but I find that soo interesting. Every day people can look at history from 2000 years old and they probably don't think anything of it. I was talking to Philip earlier today and I told him my plans and he said, "There isn't much left." Well there is some! That's amazing! I'm not a big history bluff, I mean I don't know everything, but there is something about the Romans that makes me either want to faint or have a heart attack. I'm going to die when I go to Rome...

So continuing on, the Museum of London isn't bad, but I like the British Museum more. I wasn't sure if we could take pictures because I didn't see any cameras. I mean at the British Museum, everyone takes pictures, but not here. I went basically right to the Rome section, and it was amazing. It's more about the every day life of the Roman armies in London, and their influence. The British Museum has a lot of emperor stuff, like the statues, the busts, but this museum is just concerned with London. There was some quotes by Julius Caesar which I appreciated. I going through and I stopped at this one part, there were Roman coins. I thought how cool, and then I realized that some of them had the face of Marcus Aurelius on them. WOW. Cameras or not, I took a picture. There were other coins of Faustina, Lucius Verus, Antoninus Pius, Hadrian, and Lucilla. There was also the bones of a horse.. wow. There was one great quote that the Romans believed in a clean mind and body, and they came to England and taught the Britons how to take a bath! HAHAH! That's just great.

I also saw the Lord Mayor's carriage.. the lights in this place were horrible, and my pictures did not come out well, but wow that carriage is impressive! So shiny. It's huge too!!

Wow this is a long one, and I'm not done yet. So I'm at Moorgate Station, it was closer, and I'm thinking... um I'm two stops away from Kings Cross. WHY NOT? So I went, and of course a man was under a train in Huntington so the National Rail had limited service, and so many people were just hanging out with no place to go... of course. I'm not sure if he was under the train alive, or under the train dead, they just said under the train. Anyway, so as soon as I enter the National Rail part, I realize why they did not film here. It's nice, but the ceiling is horrible looking, and I'm sure there are nicer places. I will find that place. But I walked to Platform 9, not sure I could get near it, but I enter the hallway for 9, and there it is... Platform 9 and 3/4. Now I don't want to seem too excited, so I just casually walked up, I took out my camera and was staring at Platform 10, and I lifted my camera, and then two kids ran up to the Platform and tried to run into it. Moment ruined. I stepped back, and their parents took their pictures of them running into it, and then when they were all standing back admiring it, I took my picture. I was followed by the Harry Potter group because all a sudden like 15 kids came in and tried to get to the Hogwarts Express. I left. It was good though, so exciting to see it.

So after that, it was like 5ish, and I decided okay time to go home. I got on the Circle line, and went back to Waterloo. I couldn't go to Waterloo straight from the Circle of course, but I made the right changes, came home and collapsed. Amaya, Kathleen and I watched 5 episodes of Lost, and Ethan was in them. They said he was creepy, but I was hiding behind Bowl Jr and Pooh. I hate Ethan so much. I cannot look at him. They didn't notice me hiding though, until I put the pillow over my head when he gives Claire that creepy little smile.

Alright so this is the last post until Spain, I leave tomorrow, but I'm sure I'll be at an Internet Cafe and I'll write a note... or a novel!!!!!