Went to Hyde park and saw Peter Pan. Of course it was not actually Peter Pan, just a statue situated next to the water, surrounded by ducks and pigeons.
I wrote a small story about a squirrel named sprout who is friends with an old man named Ralph and they save a baby hedgehog together. Quite adorable if I do say so myself. Then when we were heading back to the hotel I saw something pokey on the ground and of course had to pick it up, I brought it close up to my face and then regretted it because it looked like the skin of a hedgehog. There were hundreds on the ground though so we decided they were weird seeds from a tree and not a massive hedgehog grave.
I still don't have the appliances worked out. The lights turned off in the shower this morning and since there isn't a light switch I had no idea what I was supposed to do, so I just showered in the dark, which was super creepy. I thought I was going to get murdered, but I didn't.
We are on our way to Dover and then Canterbury cathedral.
Intersting facts from our tour guide and other things I have found out:
-If a young girl in kent sleeps with hops under her pillow she will dream of the man she will marry.
-Essex is the Jersey Shore of London.
-Charles dickens wanted to be buried in Rochester cathedral but queen Elizabeth brought his body to be buried in Westminster Abbey because she thought he was too important a writer.
-They plant trees on the edges of fields to protect the crops from winds up from the see.
-The traffic lights go both ways. Green to yellow to red, to stop and red to yellow to green, to go. A little confusing.
-There has been such mild weather here that roses are already blooming and bulbs are coming up.
-They have roundabouts here but you go around the opposite way, so crazy.
We watched 13 yesterday which was a very interesting look at politics and religion. Kind of creepy and depressing in a way but left you thinking for a really long time after. I think what i have decided is It's important to believe in something.
We just left Dover Castle. We went to the beach first and looked over at France which was awesome. Then we went up to the castle and went through a guided tour of the tunnels beneath the village that were used during the war. The tour was really interactive with lots of footage from the war and sounds of war. The tunnels were full of graffiti, the oldest that has been found was "Mary Ford 1807".
We learned a lot about the evacuation of Dunkirk which I had never heard of before. Over 400,000 troupes were trapped on a beach in France surrounded on all sides by the enemy. The British thought they would only be able to save 45,000 men but they rounded up as many boats as possible and ended up saving over 348,000 men.
I love the "Secret" wartime tunnels! :)
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