Since arriving in London I have noticed a major motif: fire. If you don't already know, there was this massive fire in London in 1666 (note the 666, something bad was destined to happen that year). Because timber was the primary building material in the time, and because those timber buildings were closer together than would be found in the typical suburb, there was a domino effect. One house caught fire, causing the next to go up in flames and so on, thus destroying much of the city.
London is now terrified of fire, yet they also love a good monument. So we started our walk today at The Monument. Designed by Sir Christopher Wren (that dude is everywhere, I seriously thing that you could teach an entire course on just him) to commemorate that above mentioned Great Fire, The Monument took 6 years to build, and it's pretty dang cool.
Walking around London is pretty cool and you see a ton of things, even if you don't know exactly what they are or what their purpose is, you still feel obligated to take a photo. That happened a few times to me today.
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Okay but we need to get down to business. I went to St. Paul's today. I can't even explain to you how amazing it was. Unfortunately we were not allowed to take pictures inside, but pictures would not have been able to do it justice. We were ablt to climb up 500 steps to the exterior of the dome and holy crap it was amazing. Think Empire State Building view, but cooler because it was ST. FREAKING PAUL'S. Just look for yourself.
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| Fun Fact: This staircase was in Harry Potter. |
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| ily St. Paul's |
In other news I had a macaroon for the first time today. I was ver skeptical at first, as I thought it would be one of those pretty things that actually tasted ehh. No I was wrong, it was from heaven and it was also very pretty.
May your day be as vibrant as my unedited macaroon,
Kelsie
It still seems unreal to me that you are in LONDON! I love the pics and narratives. Think of you all the time. Love, Gma
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