The Tower of London! (and Wicked, woo!)

Today was fantastic!! We woke up far too early for my likes.. seeing as I don't believe in single digit hours.. but I'm vacationing with my mom so I guess things like that are expected. My mom and I got yummy breakfast in the hotel, and forced my dad and the kids to mcdonalds (hehehehehehe) since we only had two complimentary breakfasts.

We rode on the red bus for the last time for the week and got off by the Tower of London! For those of you who are history impaired (exhibit a: ME), the Tower of London is more or less a fortress/prison that was used during the 15th and 16th centuries. We took some really great tours about all of the different torture methods, the various people beheaded (including all of Henry VIII's wives), etc. It was so interesting! Until the vary end when we went on the tour of the main building.. which we probably should have done first.. because that baby was SO long! Every time we walked into a new room Callie would make a comment of sorts about how the building just kept popping out new rooms. The men that give the tours are called Beef Eaters, and they're technically guards and what not. We found out that they have to be in the Marine Corps or something else like that for 22 years before they can work there! Crazy. So lo and behold, while the guards are changing positions, an Indian kid decided that it would be hilarious to sneak behind the barrier and take a picture.. a Beef Eater was watching.. and in a voice that made the people who weren't even involved in the trespassing scared, he screamed at him to get away! Intense!!

After that was all said and done, we tried to get back in time to go to Hard Rock London before we needed to leave for Wicked, but something about a 40 minute wait didn't fit into our time slot. We walked back to the hotel, and grabbed food on the way. Then it was time for WICKED!!! It was SO great! Due to the fact that I am the proud owner of the best dad EVER, we sat in the 9th row!! Such great seats for such a great show. It's been quite the day! And despite the fact that this morning I was about ready to shoot myself instead of waking up, I'm wide awake! Hopefully it doesn't make for a miserable morning tomorrow! Goodnight! :)