Walking.

Today we walked a solid 7 hours, stopping at various places but mostly just getting lost in London. A highlight was when we accidentally stumbled in to the Household Cavalry Museum and caught most of the Horse Guards Parade. We had no idea what was going on - just a bunch of guys in red coats, guns metal caps, riding horses, but eventually figured it must be an everyday occurance. We also strolled through St. James Park, tried to gain entrance into Buckingham Palace (no chance), and stared in awe at the magnificent Houses of Parliament and Westminister Abbey. How they built those buildings is nearly unthinkable.

All the walking we did had to easily break in my shoes and is seriously preparing me for the Appalachians and if we keep going at this rate I'm going to be skin and bones before we even get there. My face took a nice wind-beating as well...

We went to Zorro: The Musical - on London's version of Broadway later and it rocked! I didn't expect the show to be as good as it was, so it was a very pleasant surprise. There was a very large cast and we got pretty good seats - at a cheap student price as well, because everything here is cheaper for students. Artemiz and two of her Turkish friends joined us for Zorro, so it was fun to meet and hang out with some new people. And who knew I'd make Turkish friends in London?

We have one more day in London tomorrow and then we head out for Paris on Saturday. We are working on securing a place to stay at a hostel in Paris, but it might end up we just walk around until someone lets us in...or we will just sleep with the pigeons.

Me and Tim also had some good discussions today and came to three good conclusions:

1) Boxes of crayons are meant to be shared.

2) Israel and Palestine should chill and be friends, because hey, can't we all be friends?

3) More things in life should be free - like train tickets, hotels, food...