9. Inns of Court

24 January 2011: This walk, the Inns of Court, was an interesting one. It was pretty cold this day and a lot of the things on the walk seemed repetitious and, frankly, kind of boring. It started at Temple Tube stop which we all got a laugh about because it was where we had to run around to try and find The Woman In Black play and we all looked silly. So the walk was interesting as far as some of the sites we saw. We stopped on Fleet Street (Sweeney Todd) and got to see The Old Curiosity Shop immortalized by Charles Dickens, which I thought was pretty neat. We got a little bit lost at one point because we couldn't find the City of York Pub anywhere and we eventually had to ask for directions. We still never found the pub but still got on the right track. Then, towards the end of the walk, I felt like we were walking around the same place 5 times every time we would go into a "square". They all looked the same and there wasn't anything really exiting about them. Plus, I think we were all cold and just ready to be done that we had lost interest. So, overall it was a good walk but not the most interesting. I think it would have been nicer to do in the springtime when everything would be in bloom, and, not to mention, warm.

10. Bankside and Southwark

19 January 2011: This walk was an interesting one and probably my favourite so far. It was a beautiful day and the sun was out for the first time in a while. The walk took us along the Thames river and down by the Tower Bridge and Tower of London. This was my favourite because of all the cool sites. It was such a different part of London and all the buildings were so old and beautiful, made from brick. The walk itself had some interesting stops along the way like Millennium Bridge, The Clink Prison Museum (which I will be going back to), The Globe Theatre, Tower Bridge, and The Borough Market, which we stopped and got some bread and chocolate at. It was delicious! We had a very fun group of girls and just had a wonderful time seeing the sites and hearing about everything. Like I said, this was probably my favourite one so far!!

6. Bloomsbury Walk

14 January 2011. This walk, I led with Emily Layton and, unfortunately we got a little bit lost. We went to the British Museum first and then just started the walk from the back of that and after we crossed Russell Square Gardens and found what we thought was Russell Square Station and made sure it was "on our right". But we couldn't find street names so we just started walking. But instead of being on Bernard Street, we were on Woburn Place. So we kept walking and following the map and got totally turned around. But, eventually we found our way and continued. The rest of the walk was interesting. I really liked Cosmo Place because it was so different from the rest of the area. We walked through this alley way that was quiet and old looking and then out onto a busy street and back into daily life. Pretty fun walk and very glad we eventually found our way:)

7. Central Parks Walk

January 8th, 2011. This walk was a beautiful path through London's biggest parks. It was freezing this day, so it was difficult to really enjoy this walk. After seeing Buckingham Palace, we walked through St. James' Park and saw the pond with all the swans and pelicans and other birds. The thing I thought was cool was how comfortable the animals were with humans. Ducks just walked right up to us, looking for a handout, and the squirrels, too. I absolutely love how green it is here because, coming from Arizona, you don't see that too often.

I loved when we eventually got to Kensington Gardens and it was so beautiful , like nothing I'd ever seen. It felt like how I imagine Central Park in New York City to be. There were people and their dogs playing and having a good time and rollerskating and bike riding on this not rainy day. I can imagine people learn to appreciate the parks on days like this because they have somewhere so pretty to go to. Overall, it was a very neat experience!