Tower of London

This morning we got up bright and early to go to the Tower of London.  One of the main attractions there:  The Crown Jewels.  Oh my goodness, they were fabulous!  I could definitely find some use for those to be in my wardrobe!

This scepter below contains the largest diamond in the world.  And all that was separating me from it was a piece of plastic.  Well, that and the whole British guard.

Don't you think that outfit would look great on me?

After leaving the Tower of London, we went on a little stroll and got something at a local Starbucks.  We then made our way over to Portobello Market in Notting Hill.  If you don't know what that is, watch the movie Notting Hill and it is the market he talks about at the beginning.  It's quite famous.  I bought myself a watch.  I've been wanting one!  There were a lot of antiques there, which was fun to look at, but not so much fun to buy!  But I am very happy with my watch!  




Then we came back to the centre.  We have a lot of stuff due tomorrow, so everyone here has kind of been pushing themselves to get everything done!  It's a little crazy!  I wrote a paper analyzing a war poem for my World War I class.  I love poetry.  I know VERY little about it, but I love it.  The poem I analyzed is by Siegfried Sassoon called "They."  It's about how people at home have completely different perspectives about the war than soldiers on the front.  And it's about how the war changed people.  Very good.  Here is the poem:

'They'

The Bishop tells us: 'When the boys come back 'They will not be the same; for they'll have fought 'In a just cause: they lead the last attack 'On Anti-Christ; their comrades' blood has bought 'New right to breed an honourable race, 'They have challenged Death and dared him face to face.' 'We're none of us the same!' the boys reply. 'For George lost both his legs; and Bill's stone blind; 'Poor Jim's shot through the lungs and like to die; 'And Bert's gone syphilitic: you'll not find 'A chap who's served that hasn't found some change. ' And the Bishop said: 'The ways of God are strange!' Siegfried Sassoon  Toms, the official sponsor of BYU London Study Abroad 2010 We are so cool with our green stickers. Brittany! Let's be honets, I look great. Checkin out some cute teapots at Portobello Market Cute stuff at Portobello This place has the best cupcakes ever! I got the black bottom cupcake