Today, June 30, was an interesting day. I started my day by getting up and going with a small group to Wesley Chapel for a Methodist service. Due to unforeseen challenges, we missed the service, but we got the chance to look around the chapel and the graveyard across the street. Several famous people were buried there, such as Daniel Defoe.
The chapel itself was quite beautiful. John Wesley is the father of Methodism. We visited the chapel and got a tour of his graveyard and house. My friend Kate and I also went through the museum that was in the basement under the church. Very nice.
After venturing back to the dorms, I went on a tour with a large group to learn about Death, Mayhem, and Westminster. This was a very long and arduous journey through the streets of London. There was a lot of history involved discussing the various kings of England. We stopped and heard about Big Ben, which is actually just the bell in the clock tower, Parliament, and some history about Westminster Abbey. Violent deaths of kings was the topic when we stopped to sit and hear stories. We stopped to have pictures taken with the guards and saw 10 Downing Street through a fence.
It was a long day but a really good day. I then went and had dinner with some classmates at The Coal Hole. We were literally in the coal hole because they called it the jail. It was fun. Dinner was fabulous.
I will soon try to upload a bunch of pictures to facebook so be on the lookout.
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