Last days in London

Hello all! Madi here. I decided to compose this next post seeing as how Todd likes to take his time and I want to get to the good stuff (the proposal, duh!). Our next two days in London were filled with further exploration to see everything we wanted to. The many sights and experiences we took part in included:

• Shakespeare's Globe Theater: Touring the third building made as closely as possible to the original (after the first burned down and the second was destroyed in the Puritan movement), complete with an authentic thatched roof and a perfectly British tour guide named Katie. 
• St. Paul's Cathedral: The sight of Princess Diana's wedding and a ten second clip in Harry Potter: The Prisoner of Azkaban 
• Buckingham Palace: Home of the Queen
• Hyde Park: Filled with adorable British baby children, swan families, and the Peter Pan statue!
• 221 Baker Street: The address of the infamous Sherlock Holmes (We passed on the huge line for the museum though.. He is fictional after all.)
• Abbey Road! : One of Todd's favorite moments. Standing in front of Abbey Road Studio and crossing the same street featured on the Beatles' album cover was an awesome experience (even with the disheartening amount of crazy tourists blocking traffic and trying to make their mark by scribbling their names in Sharpie everywhere).
• The British Museum: Home of the Rosetta Stone and around 3 million other exhibits (!). All of the ones on ancient Egyptian civilizations were my favorite.
• Portabello Road Market: A lovely street in Notting Hill filled with antiques and other goodies.
• Natural History Museum: Dinosaurs! And a pretty in depth look at human biology/ the baby making process.
• Kensington Palace and gardens: Where we had a traditional English tea service, complete with overpriced triangle sandwiches, scones with heavenly jam and clotted cream, and mini desserts.
• The London Eye: With fantastic views and not so fantastic queues. (Don't worry, we splurged to upgrade our tickets to fast track ones.)