flaky, freddy, & fire... kinda

Hello again! Today has been great! This morning was a little rocky, but it definitely got better. I woke up at 6 to the wake-up call that no one asked for. And again five minutes later… still no one asked for it. Crazies. Anyways, then my blow drier almost started a fire. Well, it sparked. And then my straightener didn’t work. It still doesn’t unfortunately. I have to get some converter thing. We already have a bunch, but none of them are the right ones. Anyways, my hair is nappy in these pictures, but just pretend like it’s not. So yeah, after that whole experience, we went to breakfast downstairs. I had these really good croissant things (one had chocolate in it). Happy day! Anyways, I also saw this black circle burnt looking thing… and was kinda freaked out. Tomorrow though, I am going to eat it! I guess it is pudding. After our breakfast, we started walking towards Hyde Park (it is the London Central Park pretty much). On the outskirts of the park there’s a place called speaker’s corner. It is really the coolest thing I have ever seen. Pretty much anyone can stand up and say whatever they want. It’s like this huge discussion thing… and there are a bunch of groups all going at it at once. I guess that is where missionaries used to preach in London back then. I think it is really cool. Who said that England didn’t give us freedom of speech? So we kept on walking through Hyde Park… we ran into these amazing fountains that are right in front of the water. It is really pretty. And the park is so wild looking… like the grass isn’t perfectly cut. Max, my cat, would have a party out there in that grass. =) Eventually we made it to Kensington Palace (pretty much a vacation home for royalty). It was so cool to look at all of the architecture and paintings… everything. Like I said, I really like the old aspect of London. After we went to Kensington Palace, we ate at this cute little tea place right next door. It had tea and scones and all of that good stuff… I had an amazing scone with strawberry jam and some fresh squeezed lemonade, which was quite sour. Then we walked a bit further to the street by all of these embassies. It was really cool seeing them all- the flags were in the street, and the buildings were AMAZING. After that we went to Urban Outfitters and I got a really cute polka dotted mug. I quite like it. We then walked back to the hotel… and on the way we saw lots of squirrels. The squirrels are amazing here. They are posh, if that is possible… they are clean and well-groomed. And I bet they talk in squirrel British accents. Anyways, the squirrels respond to the name Freddy! People here call them Freddy!!! WHAT IS THAT ABOUT? I even tried it. And look at that picture, they came right up! Haha. Tomorrow, or soon, I am going to buy some peanuts and feed the squirrels. It looks way way fun. Speaking of posh animals, I feel that the dogs are more posh too. For example, I saw a dog just walking in the park with a stick in its mouth. Dogs don’t really do that! Also, they are all clean shaven… or poodles (which implies posh). Anyways, we also got some ice cream with flaky (basically a chocolate stick that is quite frankly… flaky!). It was really yummy, but kind of shocking at first because it tasted like whipped cream. So yeah, we had that and got back to the hotel in time for the meeting for our tour tomorrow. I stayed back in the room because I was working on my blog. After the meeting we kind of just chilled, and then we went to get some dinner! We ate at a real, legitimate English pub! I had fish and chips (way amazing) and the waitress even called me mate. She also said cheers. I was definitely a fan. That pretty much sums up our crazy day!!! Also, sorry for the jumbled mess of the past three days. Every once in a while you should just look and I will post more pictures from the older days. My internet kinda stinks so it’s hard. Adios! Have a lovely day!