The City walk was interesting. I did the walk with a pretty big group - Molly, Amy S., Taylor, Lindsey, Nick, Andrea, Kristen, and Laura - so that was fun, but challenging to keep everyone together! Lindsey was the leader, and she did a great job, it was just hard because this walk was really confusing since we had to start int he middle because Tower Hill tube station is closed for renovations. So we got lost. A lot. There were a lot of really old, really cool churches on this walk, including St. Michael's (see below), St. Olave's, St. Mary-at-Hill, and St. Mary-le-Bow Church. We also got to walk near the Tower of London at dusk, which was a great view. The ancient Roman-built wall across the street right by Tower Hill station was really neat too. I can't believe that such big sections of those walls remain! There was also a cool statue of Trajan right by it. I think my favorite sight on the walk were 30 St. Mary Axe, aka the Gherkin. I love the look of that building and its modern architecture as it pokes up between the rest of the skyscrapers. In my opinion, this walk was not the most interesting or enjoyable I've been on, but there was certainly a lot of history since this part of London dates back to Roman times!
The group in front of St. Michael's Church. I loved the blue door!
We pretended to be the Gherkin!
Tower of London!
This wall is almost 2000 years old!
200 foot monument designed by Sir Christopher Wren to commemorate the
Great Fire of 1666 that destroyed much of London
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