On Saturday we all woke up at a reasonable hour and went down to have our hotel's complimentary breakfast- which is pretty nice I must say. Bacon here is more like canadian bacon or ham, but I still think it's delicious. After a bunch of us with mutual interests found eachother we left to hit the city. We started by taking a brief walk though Hyde Park, which was really beautiful in the early morning. Some of the guys in the tall fluffy hats on horses came riding by. After that our plan was to see as many sights as we could and then eventuallly take a boat tour down the Thames River back towards the general location of our hotel. We saw St. Pauls Cathedral from the outside, walked across the Millenium Bridge, saw Shakespeares Globe Theatre, and stumbled upon Borough Market (in perfect time for Lunch I might add; I got pasta from La Tua Pasta, some baklava, and some amazing hot cider). After our lunch intermission we continued on to rest with WiFi at a Starbucks, walked across another bridge, and came to the Tower of London/the location of the boat tours. We then were ushered onto the boat to take a short guided trip back towards the London Eye where we finally walked back to our hotel.
Sunday was mainly spend touring Harrods- for those of you that don't know this is a store that takes up an entire block and devotes entire floors to shoes/purses. Essentially it would be a rich shoppers' heaven. Paige and I toured around for awhile, tried on glasses, asked for perfume samples, and ate a large sundae in their ice cream parlor. It was huge, and entirely delicious... and it may have been lunch. There was a man working in the pizza parlor next to us that sang opera in Italian- just beautiful. It reminded me of the classical sort of music that Grandma Lytle would enjoy! This day ended with Indian food (sweeter than expected, and delicious naan) that was located close to our hotel at the Premier Inn, and finally, an early night's sleep.
Today is Monday, and we spent today touring businesses again. We started out by visiting Unilever at their beautiful building. Everything was glass and accented with bright garrish colors. Here we listed to two people speak about their experience with social sustainability and huge market brands. They served us lunch (with options like duck pancake wraps, various cheeses, salads, fruits, etc.). As always there was tea- Twinnings seems to be the most common brand. Next we went to some Austrailian based bank called Macquarie. A very enthusiastic woman spoke to us about her experience within Corporate Governance. Lastly we listed to a UC alumni named Andrew Schemmel talk about his experience at Eisvogel (they buy and sell businesses). Today just ended with some chicken, mashed potatoes and corn on the cob.
As always keep me in your prayers! I love you all and miss you very much.
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