A look at Monday from Linnell

We arrived a bit after 6 am. Most of us had been up since early Sunday morning and some were approaching 24 hours of being awake. A the airport we met our tour guide, Satyen, and then hopped onto our coach. We headed to our hotel as most Londoners headed to work. When we got to the hotel our rooms weren't ready so we dropped off our bags into one of our rooms that was prepared and headed to the Tube station across the street from the hotel. The Tube is what they call their subway. Since many of us did not sleep on the plane, many were exhausted, but we pushed through for our own good! After the ride we ate breakfast in a small park. We spent a lot of time around the Thames River and Traglafar Square. We visited the National Gallery Art Museum. Our tour guide told us all museums are free because they pay higher taxes over here. I was so tired in the square that I fell asleep sitting with the group at the Olympic countdown clock. After this, we went to Covenant Garden, ate lunch, and did some shopping. We continued our circle around the river, passing by the London Eye, which is an enormous Ferris Wheel that takes 30 minutes to go around and costs 20 pounds. After a ridiculous among of awake time, we made it back to the hotel for dinner and went right to sleep. Most of the day seemed like a dream, partly due to exhaustion and partly due to the wonder of being in London again!
-Linnell
Grade 10