Museums and Plays: that's what I did in London

Yesterday, we all met as a group and explored the Museum of London. It had some fun and neat historical things in the exhibits we got to see (Before London, Mid-evil London, and the Great London Fire). In the mid-evil section we got to play a game where we lived life as a person living in Mid-evil times. Dad, you'll be happy to know that I got married, but that's where my story ended. After the museum, we found a store that had some delicious British chocolate, which I am currently enjoying. Next, we went to the banqueting house where we saw and learned all about the ceiling paintings by Rubens. After that, a small group of us went to the the National Gallery and the National Portrait gallery. I felt very much like I was at work, but not getting paid. I also couldn't help but watch the security guards and look for cameras. I found it very intriguing that the security guards in the National Gallery wore purple shirts, purple ties, and suits. They also just stood in one spot and yelled at people across the galleries instead of politely approaching them. Interesting. On the way to these museums, we came across four brightly painted elephants. Apparently this is some sort of awareness for the disappearing Asian elephants, and these colorful elephants keep randomly popping up all over London.
Today, we had class. Afterward, I finally ventured out and did my laundry. It was a completely new experience for me. Not only had I never used a laundry facility like that but before, but I had never used one in a foreign country. It was quite simple, though, and my clothes are nice and clean. We were supposed to go to Enron today, but we didn't because it had some scandalous parts in it. I hear it's not really very good, so I'm glad I didn't go. However, I did go see a play called Andersen's English about Hans Christian Andersen visiting Charles Dickens. It was a fantastic play with a little bit of surrealism in it that was quite intriguing.