Arriving on a Sunday afternoon, we quickly made haste to get to the 6:30pm service at All Soul’s Church – the pulpit of which was occupied for many years by John Stott. It was a simple, solid, Evangelical service with a broad range of racial diversity in the pews.
We took a ride on the “London Eye” which is a newer tourist spot that looks essentially like an oversized ferris wheel granting breathtaking views of the city from thousands of feet in the sky. Below us in this picture are the famous “Big Ben”, Westminster Hall, and Parliament.
Coincidentally, we stayed at the Hilton Metropole, the site of the 2010 European Poker Tour (EPT) – London, which was held during the same time as our stay. I (Warren) was pretty excited to see famous poker superstars wandering around the hotel premises – Chris Moneymaker, Eric Seidel, John Juanda – I even had a short conversation with Greg Raymer in the elevator over his early exit!
Our last day was spent journeying 80 miles north of London to the site of Stonehenge. These large stones were mysteriously put into their places over 5000 years ago for purposes which are still unclear to scientists and archeologists. There’s literally nothing around this site – one wonders who decided to carry these stones from several hundred miles away to this random, grassy field in the middle of England.
Our journey comes to a close. We have so many memories that we are so grateful to have made and shared with each other – and with our friends and family. Looking back, we really have done so much! During the five weeks we took ten flights, en route to visiting five countries, used six different currencies, and bought seven different SIM cards for our iPhone.
Melissa now continues on to Spain and Hawaii while Warren returns to Boston to get back to “dissertating”. Hope to see y’all really soon and talk to you about our travels in person! (Stay tuned for more updates from Melissa!)
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