London

Hey everyone!

Here I sit in my hotel in London, where I haven't been able to get the Internet to work until today, and now I owe all of you some new stories. So here goes:

Last time when I left you I was in Stratford-upon-Avon, getting ready to leave for York the next day. While I was there (in York) I got to climb the tower of the town's minster (which looks just about the same as a cathedral, in case you were wondering), eat fish n chips at the local hole in the wall chippery, and check out York's Railway Museum. We then traveled to London, which we've been using as a home base for the past several days as we've taken day trips to some of England's must-sees. We saw Bletchley Park, where the Enigma cipher was cracked and the site of the first computer, Salisbury, which really is famous for its steak, Stonehenge, Dover Castle, and we even got to attend a communion service at Canterbury Cathedral!

So pretty much, most of us are exhausted, and will be just fine to go a couple of days without riding on a bus. But today we got the day to explore London as we saw fit. For me, this consisted of a picnic and a walk through Hyde Park, during which I got to explore with some of my classmates and share a conversation with a painter who was working on a landscape. Afterwards, I saw the Phantom of the Opera, which has to be the best opera I've ever seen (also the only one...). :) I'm pretty sure this qualifies as one of the best days yet. But I'm looking forward to topping it soon.

I hope all of you are well and I am missing you all greatly! Cheers!

P.S. I'm going to try to post some pictures soon from my trip so far, but right now the Internet connection is nowhere close to strong enough to upload such large files. So you're just gonna have to wait in eager anticipation until I can figure it out....