June 6 Everyone was feeling fine this morning. We left home around 9:15 and took the tube to Richmond, and then a bus to Hampton Court. Hampton Court Palace is way bigger than we realized. The kitchens, courtyards, and private apartments are vastly spacious. People in authentic tudor costume are placed throughout the palace to answer questions. Two strange facts that we came across were that all swans in England are property of the Queen. If you harm one...

June 3. Today we began the day by grocery shopping. It is convenient that the grocery store is only 3 blocks away from our flat. While standing in line to pay we saw our first example of pick pocketing. Shouting came from a man behind us, and then a woman came running past us. The man ran after her shouting "she stole my wallet". She screamed and played dumb. After some miscommunication with his friend in the back of the store he let her go, but within secon...

Today (June. 3 )we began the day by grocery shopping. It is convenient that the grocery store is only 3 blocks away from our flat. While standing in line to pay we saw our first example of pick pocketing. Shouting came from a man behind us, and then a woman came running past us. The man ran after her shouting "she stole my wallet". She screamed and played dumb. After some miscommunication with his friend in the back of the store he let her go, but within sec...

Our flight was relaxing. It was nice to just sit after such a busy week of preparing. We took a train from Gatwick to London, and then the tube to White chapel where our flat is. On arrival no one was there, and the key was not under the mat as indicated to us in an email. The wait seemed very long because of how tired we were. A little Irish man came out of his flat while we were waiting. He reassured us that it was normal for renters to have to wait for t...