Wednesday we took a day trip to Greenwich. We arrived via the Thames Clipper. It was fun taking the boat down the river to Greenwich. When we got there we walked up that massive hill to the Royal Observatory. This time we went in and got our picture at the tourist location. The Florida State IP Instagram recently posted a photo of a group of students taking a picture in the 80s/90s at the Prime Meridian line. We decided to recreate the picture and sent it to IP. They loved it and posted it on their page along with the original. We started a new trend because now a bunch of people are recreating old photos. After we explored the Observatory we stood outside to watch the ball drop. Everyday at 1pm the ball on top will drop. People counted down like it was the new years eve ball. It was pretty funny. The reason the ball drops is to help people out on the seas keep track of the time. This was very important before they had digital machines in boats and ships. We stopped at the Queens house. It was very pretty with a lot of art and a beautiful staircase. We then headed to a pub for some lunch with our friend. We decided to play scrabble while we waited for our food. The food was amazing, especially the brownie we shared for dessert. After we had some lunch we headed to the Greenwich Market where we got the cutest magnets. It had been a long day so after the market we caught a train and headed home.

On Thursday we had our morning class. In the afternoon we had an excursion to the Migration Museum. At first we were all confused because it was in a really weird location in a warehouse, but once we got in it was really cool. There were a lot of stories about immigrants. Some of the stories were very sad but others were hopeful. There was a place in the museum where you could write about someone who had been kind to you and hang it on the display. The display was full and they had bins full of notes that could not fit. It was amazing to see all the kindness there is in the world, even if things don’t always seem that way. The trip to the museum was a very eye opening experience. I am happy we got to go! After we headed home because it had been a busy week and we needed to get ready for our weekend trip to Yorkshire. It was another great week in London. -SYD & SAM