If I could look back at my past self and tell myself that tomorrow was going to be just as tiring, I would have laughed at that future phantasm and said “No way!”. But it was. Today was almost as exhausting, but with a better end result. Accomplishment. After today, I feel like I achieved the most out of a day compared to the rest of this week.
It started out earlier than the rest of the week, definitely. I was downstairs and ready to tackle the day by 7:30 in the morning. I also managed to make one of the hotel workers give me an angry look by trying to jump over a rope and making it fall over and make a loud noise. But it’s not like that’s important at all. After breakfast, I learned to better navigate subway stations in London, which I’m sure is relatable to almost any other underground tram station in any other major city. On and sit, and stay and wait, and up and out, and walk and on. The cycle repeated. The London Tube is basically an underground city as vast as the one above it, and one that has a completely different vibe than the normal city a few meters up. It took a lot of getting used to, but now I think I have more confidence to be out on my own in a big city, which is something I want to depend on when I get older. It’s great to learn life lessons that will become useful when you’re older.
Aside from the complicated London Tube, we saw a huge amount of attractions in the city. My favorite thing today was definitely the London Tower. There was so much history, and so much to be seen there; it was incredible. We got to witness the Crown Jewels, some torture and execution locations, as well as the Armory for the Old English Army. I had a very immaculate epiphany whilst standing at the execution site of Anne Boleyn. It made me realize that where I was standing had major historical relevance, and that there are just people walking past it. After having that revelation, it made me stop for a moment and actually take in my surroundings even more.
After the city of London, I faced one of my fears. I had to ride in a boat across the River Thames. It’s better to do that, than to keep hiding from something. Even though I didn’t exactly embrace it either, I just kind of stayed to myself in the center of the boat without looking over the edge. That was enough for me. Today was all about life lessons, and that was definitely one of them.
After our tours of London, we ate at a fancy yet inexpensive restaurant before taking the London Tube back to the hotel. Again, the struggle through the day was worth the end result.
It started out earlier than the rest of the week, definitely. I was downstairs and ready to tackle the day by 7:30 in the morning. I also managed to make one of the hotel workers give me an angry look by trying to jump over a rope and making it fall over and make a loud noise. But it’s not like that’s important at all. After breakfast, I learned to better navigate subway stations in London, which I’m sure is relatable to almost any other underground tram station in any other major city. On and sit, and stay and wait, and up and out, and walk and on. The cycle repeated. The London Tube is basically an underground city as vast as the one above it, and one that has a completely different vibe than the normal city a few meters up. It took a lot of getting used to, but now I think I have more confidence to be out on my own in a big city, which is something I want to depend on when I get older. It’s great to learn life lessons that will become useful when you’re older.
Aside from the complicated London Tube, we saw a huge amount of attractions in the city. My favorite thing today was definitely the London Tower. There was so much history, and so much to be seen there; it was incredible. We got to witness the Crown Jewels, some torture and execution locations, as well as the Armory for the Old English Army. I had a very immaculate epiphany whilst standing at the execution site of Anne Boleyn. It made me realize that where I was standing had major historical relevance, and that there are just people walking past it. After having that revelation, it made me stop for a moment and actually take in my surroundings even more.
After the city of London, I faced one of my fears. I had to ride in a boat across the River Thames. It’s better to do that, than to keep hiding from something. Even though I didn’t exactly embrace it either, I just kind of stayed to myself in the center of the boat without looking over the edge. That was enough for me. Today was all about life lessons, and that was definitely one of them.
After our tours of London, we ate at a fancy yet inexpensive restaurant before taking the London Tube back to the hotel. Again, the struggle through the day was worth the end result.