Tuesday 18/1/11

 Today we went to Dulwich! We saw the English county side and it was beautiful! I wish we stayed out of the center of London and where there was more country.  Its so pretty!! But anyways, we went to Dulwich Picture Gallery by taking a train out of London.  Professor Dejardin's cousin works at the museum and he gave us a tour of the gallery and told us the history behind different paintings.  It was really interesting! He was a very good tour guide! After the tour, we looked at the special exhibit; Norman Rockwell.  It was very interesting considering I never I liked his work, but it grew on me.  After the Gallery, Lisa, Danielle and I went to the London Zoo!

 

We got there just in time because the last admittance of the zoo was at 3:00 and it closed at 4:00.  We got there at 2:50 just before they could deny us entry.  The zoo was awesome though.  My favorite was the otters and the meerkats.  (As shown in the pictures above) We also saw the lions, tigers, zebras giraffes and lots of other animals! It was fun! After we toured the Zoo for about an hour, we boarded the tube and went off to Camden market.  This market is very similar to the Straw Market in the Caribbean, it has many vendors that try to sell clothing and jewelery mostly, and the customers try to bargain with them to get the price lower.  The vendors would say, "hello pretty lady, what are you looking for today?" or "that dress would look very nice on you." There was very little space between vendors and so much stuff to pick from! I succeeded at lowering the price of things three times but also got suckered in to buying those things too.  It was memorable to say the least.

After shopping for a couple hours, we hopped back on the tube and went back to Russel Square.  From there, we went to The Brunswick (which is an outside mall pretty much) and ate at a burger place called, Gourmet Burger Kitchen. I also had an Oreo milkshake with my burger which tasted more like cake batter, but it was good none the less.  Then we came back to the hotel and relaxed for the rest of the night. It was a fun day and to think we only have two days left here! I cant wait for Paris though. Well, im outta here! Until tomorrow, Cheerio!

Question of the Day:  What did you do toady that was not on the itinerary? 

We went to the London Zoo and the Camden Market! Both were very cool and I'm very glad I went.  You might think all zoos are the same, but you are wrong.  They all have animals, yes, but the atmosphere is different in all of them. Even though we couldn't stay long at this zoo, we got to experience something new. (which is more than some other people on our trip, who just go back to our hotel after we are on our own, can say)   We also went to the Camden Market.  The vendors are very compelling.  If you just look at a dress that's hanging, they come up and tell you how much it is and take it off the hanger so you can see it better.  They ask you your size and show you it.  They ask how much you want to spend on it and pretty much won't let you leave until you bought it from them.  It's fun to bargain with them sometimes but they can pester you until you buy what they want to sell which gets really bad for your wallet.