Today
started with a tour of the Houses of Parliament. Here, we were able to see
where the Queen gets ready to start terms of parliament. The building is crazy
old, I think he said it dates back to 1000 A.D. which is obviously a long time
ago. When the Queen gets ready, she crowns herself with a crown that weighs
over 2 pounds and has over 3000 diamonds. The Queen has only missed opening 2
sessions since she became Queen. The Queen enters the House of Lords and has
someone go and get the House of Commons because she is not allowed to enter the
House of Commons at all. There are over 700 Lords and over 600 members in the
House of Commons. The most interesting thing I learned today was about
Westminster Hall, in which only three people from the modern age have ever been
allowed to address parliament. These people are the Pope, Nelson Mandela, and
Barack Obama. Overall, this was an interesting tour and I’m glad we were able
to do it but I am not interested in politics at all so it was not my favorite
event.
A group
of us then decided to head to Camden Town, which others refer to as being
sketchy and full of hippies, but I actually really enjoyed it. It was full of
street vendors and one of my roommates got a tattoo. Many of the street vendors
were selling Beats headphones for like 10-30 pounds!! All of us ended up
getting some after some discussion with the vendors and getting the prices even
lower. They might be fake, but they work really well, so oh well. I also got a
really cute pair of boots for 11 pounds!!
They are pretty awesome!! They are warm and waterproof, and
surprisingly comfortable for a heel. I also got a new shirt that lights up to
the beat of whatever sound there is, and there is not a design on it because I
can write on it with any highlighter so I’m pretty excited to try it out. I
think it will be perfect for my 21st this year!! We are now getting
ready to head out for the night to a club so it should be a fun night!
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