3 Best Walks!

My favorite walk, by far, was the Central Parks walk. I ran it one day and it was one of the best runs I have ever been on. It was nice to see all the different parks one after the other and just watch people as I ran past them. I also learned on this walk that I can find my way around better than I thought I could.

Second favorite walk would have to be the Soho walk. I felt like not many people enjoyed it as much as I did, but I found it very exciting and interesting. We also saw the little China Town, which I thought was pretty interesting. Although it was crazy busy, I really enjoyed that there was never a dull moment on this walk. I also had good company which makes everything better.

My third favorite walk would have to be the Bankside and Southwark walk. The views of the city were absolutely amazing and I loved seeing the Tower Bridge for the first time! I would honestly go on this walk a few more times just to walk along and see across the river again. It was so great!

Soho to Trafalgar Square

Leader: Lindsey Pike Group: Taylor, Kristen, Macy, Lindsey and I
The Soho walk was great because it was just packed full with the coolest shops...Sunday was probably a bad time to go on this walk because it would have been fun to eat there and check some stores out. Maybe I'll go back. I thought it was cool to see the National Gallery from the front. It's probably my favorite museum here! I absolutely love it! Also we say Pollock's Toy Museum, which I've been wanting to see! Anyway, overall it was a very busy, very exciting place. Not really for the faint hearted!

Bankside and Southwark

Leader: Myself Group: Just me
This would have been a great one to run and I might just go back and run it again. Doing this walk and the City east walk took a very long time, but I would say it was a great way to spend my time. I feel that I will remember seeing all these things and walking around more than I will remember sitting at our BYU centre or shopping. I really liked seeing the Tower Bridge. It was absolutely beautiful, but very windy up there above everything. I also liked walking through Hay's Galleria and of course had to walk through some of the shops. I found a random Christmas store at the end and got a laugh. It's a little early to be selling all Christmas decorations at your store. I also love haunted houses and such so I think the London Dungeon would be fun! Wish I had time!

The City (east)

Leader: Me Group: just me
Two walks in one day! I must say that I'm pretty proud of myself considering it was quite windy and we woke up at six this morning for the temple. I actually really enjoyed The City Walk because I got a mixture of the busy city life and the "by the river" excitement. I also had never really seen the Tower of London before now. Pretty sad I know, but at least I got a little preview before our tour. I also hadn't seen the bank of England before which was really great to see. I guess what I mostly appreciated about this walk was the amazing architecture. It was almost hard to believe how amazing it all was! Some of the building were unlike anything I'd ever seen!

Bloomsbury

Group: Hannah, Kelsey and I Leader: Kelsey Thompson
We went on an adventure to see the British museum and decided it would be the perfect time for this walk. Although a very short walk, it was very interesting. We saw a lot of places where important people lived including Dicken's house and we saw the British museum as well as the hospital for sick children. I liked this walk a lot, but especially enjoyed taking a peak into the British museum. I actually didn't love the walk other than the fact that we got to do that. I also loved seeing a YMCA. How cool is that?

Lambeth and Southbank

Leader: Me Group: Me
I have to say that I really enjoy going on walks alone. Not because I don't enjoy the company of others, but because I seem to soak in what I see a lot easier when I don't have to entertain others at the same time. Sound selfish? Maybe...this walk was so fun! I have to say that I enjoyed some of the less important things like the grafiti filled skate park and the people in costumes lining the road by the river. This one picture is of a man painted blue just hanging out with his blue guitar. Of course I was stunned by the London eye...but who isn't? I actually got to ride on it that night. I enjoyed this walk and seeing all the interesting people walking in Southbank.

Inns of Court

Leader of this group was Kristen Egbert. She lead: Nick, Macy, Hannah, and I.
After church we decided to head to this walk. Turns out that the Temple station was closed so we ended up taking a bus to the place we needed to start. First time I've been on a bus in London so I was excited! I was fascinated with the Royal Courts of Justice. There are sixty court rooms that deal with civil justice! I find it so interesting to see how law is viewed here and the need for them in London to make these elaborate, powerful looking buildings for the Courts of Justice. Also I was so intrigued with the Knight's Templar and really want to know more about it!

Fleet Street and St. Paul's

We got quite lost on this walk partially because I was the leader. On the walk: McKenna, Emily, Kelsey, Cory, and Bree

We did this walk right after our tour of St. Paul's Cathedral which was, of course, spectacular. For some reason I had a particular interest in the recent cleaning of the building. I love that they kept one stone dirty so we could see what it used to look like. We got lost at the Blackfriar pub which is actually very interesting to look at. Somehow we found the College of arms which I thought was very interesting. This honestly wasn't one of my favorite walks though, it was just way too complicated for my taste.

Central Parks

People on this walk: Me, myself, and I
I think this was my favorite walk so far! I just love the parks here because they are huge and wonderful! My favorite park I went through though was Kensington. I don't know what it is about that park, but it is just phenomenal. It's just full of runners and people playing and chatting! I don't really get the round pond because it's not really THAT wonderful although water is just nice anywhere. Speaking of water...the Serpintine Rd. was the best part of my night. I got to run next to a beautiful river full of swans! Best thing ever! Also once again, I'm loving Big Ben.

Westminster Walk

In our group we had: Nick, Kristin(leader), Alexa and I
Westminster Walk was amazing! My favorite thing was coming out from the underground station and just seeing this brilliant Parliament Building and Big Ben! I have to say that Big Ben was my favorite thing that we saw because it just seems like such an intricate design although the shape is simple. I also loved walking past the gate where Prince William came out for his wedding. The shops that we walked by on this walk seemed very high class and probably are very expensive, but I loved walking past them and maybe will go back when they're open. I actually saw the church of England along with a bunch of other churches...funny and quiet entertaining to see a book about the "deceiving thoughts of Atheism". Westminster looks a lot like Notre Dame in my opinion. So naturally...I loved it because I love Notre Dame so much!

Regent's Park Walk

Regent's Par was beautiful! In my group we had Group Leaders: Tara, Nick, and I...and also Shalisha, and Scott.

I did a little research on Regent's park after coming home and dicovered that it used to be a hunting ground and was designated so by King Henry VIII. I loved the different flowers in one area of Regent's park, although the flowers weren't quite blooming yet so I plan to go back. I loved the playing grounds and the little rowing area. There was also a child's rowing area which I thought was so cute! Long walk...but I loved it.