NSA Trip to London

At the beginning of every new school year the NSA (Newbold Student Association) rents a bus and takes the new students on a free trip into London.

We started off the trip at Hyde Park in Central London. In the park, there is an area in the corner that is protected by law for public speakers to talk about any subject. It has been this way for about 150 years. When I went there was a Pentecostal Christian speaker, a Muslim from Afghanistan (left) and another man speaking out against women in America and how they are all homosexual and can't cook or obey their husbands. This was definitely hard for me to listen to without wanting to give him a piece of my mind.

From there we went to St. Paul's Cathedral which appears even larger because of the shorter buildings around in and the small distance placed between it and other buildings.

On our way to the London Bridge we stopped buy several street performers. One was a pair of girls moving marionettes to the beat of a song they were playing. The dolls were so small but very much in sync with the music.

We finally got to the London Bridge for a spectacular view...

... and finished the day off where we started, the London Eye:

Overall, the day was filled with tourist destinations and a lot of walking. We went to an Evensong at Westminster which was more up-and-down than I've ever experienced in church but still enjoyable. I ended up asleep by 9:30 p.m. and got in well over 10 hours of needed rest. As promised, I will have pictures up of the campus soon.