So this 3rd and final day in London was supposed to be a very chill day as I had thought that I had seen everything I wanted. However, with the way the museum closing times worked on Friday made it a fun and long last day/night.
I did decide to join Contiki's "Road to Rome" tour which goes through Paris, Switzerland, Munich, Venice, Florence, and Rome. I figured it may be interesting to try for 10 of my 35 days in Europe. It did mean that I will have to circle back and adjust to hit up the cities. Hence, the updated trip map itinerary zig zags a bit more.
A cool place to go is up St Paul's which is around 500 steps to the top. Inside is a whispering wall where whispers from 1 end of the huge round room tavels along due to acoustics to be heard from the other side. I did also hit up about 5 different museums. The natural history museum was full of stuffed dead animals and the coolest was the science museum which had things like a plastics area and telecom area. Maybe its the engineer in me talking that loved this stuff!
Also of note, I stopped by a McDonald's for a quick drink and also used their WiFi for a phone interview via Skype. McDonald's in London is more like a Starbucks. It is very nice on the inside with colorful walls, lounge chairs, internet, and people just relaxing in there. Food is about the same though.
Other highlights: singing London Bridge on the previously mentioned rather unimpressive London Bridge. Joining in on a party of young people by the Thames. Also, finding a little spot where I could walk down to the river and put my hand in next to the sand. I decided then that I will touch as many rivers/bodies of water in Europe as I could. I like water in general and having been "in" famous rivers like the Thames makes me happy.
People in London are pretty friendly. An example is a nice man who walked with me for 5 minutes as my next stop was along his route home from work. Turns out he's moving to the states soon.
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