London - Day 2

Lots of pictures!

Our second day took us all over the city, which was impressive, because we slept the first half of it away! We had a lunch reservation at Fifteen for 12:30, and managed to get there at about 1. Thankfully they still had a table available, and everything we ate was delicious: olives, summer vegetables (included roasted peppers and white-and-purple carrots), fresh mozzarella, blackened bream, pasta, and a brownie with cherries and real whipped cream. I'm drooling a little just thinking about it.

To aid our digestion, we took a stroll around the Imperial War Museum (picture 1). The second photo was taken outside an exhibit about WWI. No photos were allowed inside the galleries, but the exhibit was impressive. They had collected stories about and artifacts from almost 100 people who were somehow affected by the war, and set them against a backdrop of the larger story.

We headed to the Tate Modern very briefly, and walked down the Thames to the Globe Theater. Unfortunately we didn't get to see any plays while we were there, but it's still neat to see the venue (picture 3). Our walk back to the north side of the river across the Millennium Bridge provided a good shot of Tower Bridge (picture 4). Unfortunately, we were too late to go inside St. Paul's on that day, but got some good shots of it, too (pictures 5, 6, and 7).

Last but not least, we ventured out to the East End to visit my old school, Queen Mary. The last picture is of the administration building there. Because school's not in session right now, all the buildings were locked up, but walking around the campus again was fun anyway (or would have been, if I hadn't been wearing heels)!