London, England

Over the summer, I went on a cruise around the british isles.  My family had been thinking about going on this cruise for about two years and we finally did it this summer.  The cruise ship departed in London, England and ended in London.  So, my family had to fly to London and the flight was about 7 and a half hours; I watched movies and played games on my phone during the flight.  At last, we landed in London.  We went through customs and then we had to take train to the center of the city.  Our hotel was about a four minute walk from the train station so we did not have to get a taxi.  Once we got to the hotel we dropped our bags off in the room and started sightseeing.  The first stop was Buckingham Palace.  My family wanted to to see the changing of the guards so we waited there for half an hour only to realize that the they weren’t doing the changing of the guards that day.

  This is Westminster Abbey to the left.

The next stop was Westminster Abbey;  it was huge and so beautiful inside.  My favorite part of Westminster Abbey was the podium because there was a beautiful archway with delicate mosaic tiles inside.  After Westminster Abbey my family started off again and then we saw Big Ben.  Big Ben, if you don’t know what it is, is a clock tower and it has a great big clock at the top.  One fun fact that someone told us is that the clock runs five minutes fast so you are never late.  Since our flight was a red eye we were exhausted so we went back to the hotel and all of us took a nap.  After the nap we decided to take a cab to Oxford Street, a street that contains stores.  Oxford Street is almost like Fifth Avenue in New York.  I had been wanting to go to the Lush headquarters which are on Oxford Street, and when I spotted the store I sprinted in and started smelling all of the lotions.

My dad and brother got hungry so we found a small restaurant and got dinner.  I ordered fish and chips because that is what England is known for and I love fish.  I had never had better fish and chips than these.  When we got back to the hotel, we all put out pajamas on and got in bed.