Trains, Buses, and Markets

Because I know you've never seen a picture of Big Ben...



On Friday, H and I went by Charring Cross to inquire about train tickets for tomorrow and I took the chance to snap this quick pic. I quite like the way it turned out. At CC, I got a "Young Persons" that will apparently save me a bit on rail tickets. Yay for being under 26!

Yesterday morning, I ran back up to Regents Park. Tons of people were out with their dogs. I must remember to take my camera one morning.

We had our tour in the afternoon. At first, I was disappointed that we weren't actually taking a double-decker bus, but it was quite nippy out so it was probably better that is was enclosed. Our guide was quite funny and very opinionated. The tour gave me lots of ideas of places I want to see. We did stop at St. Paul's for a break so I took a few pictures.

The statute of Queen Anne outside St Paul's.

Factoid: She had 17 kids. Crazy!

We also walked across the nearby Millennium Bridge aka the Wobbly Bridge, which they had to close down for a bit because it was unstable. H and I also got a chance to talk to the professor who run our consortium about her husband, who is an English Lord.

I went out in Soho with some people from school. It's awesome to live so close to such a fun area.

Today, I met up with my barrister, in her area. She lives in the City of London area near the "Erotic Gherkin," which you can see in this picture I took yesterday from the bridge:



After some yummy brunch she showed me around the Spitalfields Market, which was great fun. I'll probably go back to next Sunday and do some shopping and have a curry. She also gave me loads of great advice on things to do and see.

Tomorrow, I'm off to the murder trial with Emma. Tell you all about it on Tuesday!