Lost

I had a pretty good day. I got totally lost trying to go to the British Library to read. A few of us were going to read for a couple hours before we got a tour of the Westminster area. We ended up spending so much time lost that by the time we found it, we only had 45 minutes, so we got some food and then read for half an hour. However, we did have a pretty fun time getting to know each other's poor navigation skills, and I pushed a wheelchair for the first time in my life, though I'm afraid I may have done it poorly. Hannah and I also managed to almost get our wheel-chaired friend Allison's feet hit by cars when we stopped at intersections (Hannah, really), and occasionally jay-walked at times when it was not quite as wise as it seemed (both of our faults), but I'm sure her life has been in less safe hands than ours before, and we made it there in 3 pieces.

Our tour of Westminster, Whitehall, and Buckingham Palace (only on the outside, though we are going to get a tour of the Houses of Parliament and then have drinks on the members terrace on Thursday!!!) was given by a British guy that is involved with coordinating building restoration, who also gave us a lecture last week about the history of London architecture. Then 5 of us wandered around Soho and found this really cool vegan restaurant, because the really cool-looking thai restaurant I read about in my guide book had a 15 minute wait. We are going to go back sometime when we aren't starving and check it out.

That's all for tonight. I love you and miss you all, and I'll try to upload more photos soon!