I never thought I’d be spending
Independence Day in England. England, of all places. When we got on the coach
that morning, our British driver, Nigel, said, “Welcome aboard, everyone, and happy
Independence Day!” We all laughed a little bit, and then someone said, “Thanks,
you too!” Then Nigel said, “Yeah, we’re happy to be free of you too!” It was
just funny. :)
Our first stop that day was
Windsor Castle. Again, of all places in England that I could go on America’s
Independence Day, I went to the Queen’s castle. It was awesome though! The castle
was HUGE, bigger than I expected it to be. And the British flag was flying,
which supposedly means that the Queen was there. I don’t know how true that is,
but that’s what I’ve heard.
While we were at the castle, we got to watch the changing of the guard. Like Stone Henge, it wasn’t super exciting, but now I can say that I’ve seen it! One thing that I did love about it though was watching an old man in his wheelchair dance along with the music that the band was playing. He was so cute!
After leaving Windsor, we finally
went to London and checked into our flats, where we’ll be staying for the next
three weeks while we do classes. Being the lucky girls that we are, the building
has no elevators, and we had to carry out suitcases up to the top floor to Flat
8. Yeah, that was super fun. The flats are great though! We have a really nice
kitchen and a good TV! So that’s fun.
Shortly after checking into our
flats, Palmer and I went to find the church since that’s where we would be
having class the next day. The church is also a visitor’s center, so we got to
meet some sister missionaries, which was fun. One of them was even from St.
George and knew two of my old roommates!
Later that night, the girls
decided to have an Independence Day party. So we all chipped in to buy hot
dogs. One of our directors bought some fruit, and the other bought drinks. And
one of the girls dipped strawberries in white chocolate and blue sprinkles. So
cute and so good! Another girl made some very quick decorations (meaning she
wrote “Happy 4th of July” and “God Bless America” on sheets of paper
and hung them on the blinds). It was awesome! Later, we all sang the National
Anthem and watched a fireworks show on someone’s laptop. For being Americans in
England, I think we did a pretty good job!
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| Molly's really excited about those hot dogs! |
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| The British bag kind of throws it all off...just ignore that! ;) |
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| Here's a closer look. Cute, right?? |
Later that night, I actually saw
a few fireworks. It looks like we weren’t the only Americans in London!
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