This morning I woke up at 8h15… Though I had set my alarm on for 7h45! Maybe I didn’t hear it or something went wrong. Or maybe I was simply tired. So I slept through my roommates getting their stuff ready to leave! Nuts. Then I quickly showered. I was getting dressed and grabbed my stuff to head downstairs but couldn’t find my passport belt! I usually left it with my wallet/camera/etc at night in my bag. But it wasn’t there! I searched everywhere and couldn’t find it. Finally I remembered where I put it last night… In my little blue bag with my tooth brush! I was happy. Then I went down for breakfast, 10 minutes before the end of the service at 9h.

And my throat is hurting… And my nose is snuffy. So I think I’m starting a cold. Grr.. I always get sick when I come to Europe. It seems they have a different virus than in Canada and I get more easily affected. It happened in Venice last Summer too!

Then I went back to my room and packed my stuff for the day. I then left, around 11h30.

I took the tube to Barbican Station but there was something wrong and it was delayed a lot along the way. I still made it to my destination! I explored a bit around the area, churches, houses, but it wasn’t the nicest I’ve seen. I then went to the Museum of London. It was quite ordinary as well, mostly objects. I still enjoyed seeing the period clothing and making an old medieval style print with block letter of my name.

After that I took the tube to Tower Hill station. There I walked along the Tower Bridge. It was a nice view of the city just from the bridge’s deck so I decided not to spend money to go higher on the passerelle. At the end of the bridge on the Southbank I went to a sandwich shop. There were Italian waiter & waitress. I ordered the smoked salmon sandwich but the lady was the most rude I’ve ever experienced. She asked white or brown bread. I was thinking which would suit better the salmon… But she lost patience and showed me a slice of white angrily asking “this one?!! or the other?” I didn’t like the lady at all. I also got a yummy juice, Sumol Nectar Mango, all for 4£. It was good food so it compensated for the stupid lady. While I was eating my sandwich rain fell outside. When I was done and ready to go the rain had stopped! Perfect timing!

I walked back towards the Tower of London. I bought my entry ticket… It was quite expensive at 12£. Luckily I got the student price. I have a “fake” ISIC student card. Why “fake”? Because I changed the year of validity from 2005 to 2006… Just added a little black line on the 5. And until now it’s been working great! I could have probably got a new ISIC card before the trip but wasn’t sure as I was graduating from Concordia. So anyways… I really hoped the Tower was worth the price!! In the end it was. I enjoyed walking around in the towers. I also enjoyed a little re-enactment with three men dressed in period clothing. They were quite funny. And also through the story they told a lot about the history and how it was way back then at the Tower. I also enjoyed viewing all of the Royal Crowns on display. Too bad photographs were not allowed of those! So pretty! All these precious stones… I was at the Tower of London from 15h15 to 17h10. So it is a long enough visit!

After that I stopped by at Subway for a chicken breast sub, a Fanta and a cookie. It was a good snack for 4.30£. But the Fanta was too sweet and made me feel even more sick! So I only drank half of it. Then I took the tube back to the hostel. I bought 2 oranges and 1 apple at a local store for 1.09£.