Navigating the Streets

So winding down my second full day in London and it has been packed! After my unsuccessful venture for sheets last night, some of the other interns and I decided to explore the local pub scene. We already were running on zero sleep, what's a couple more hours. We went to two pubs and tried some local beer and cider. The first was your typical local pub. There were big wooden tables and our bartender named Joel. Joel was around our age and had a humorous aversion to Americans, or anything that wasn't from London. The second pub, but more of a bar, was called "road trip." It had a chandelier made out of skulls(fake?) and the goonies playing on flat screen TVs.
Today, we woke up early still jet lagged and ready for orientation. They gave us the spiel of what was different from the UK and America. My favorite difference was that arugula is called "rocket." This came in handy for lunch when I ordered a Chicken and Rocket wrap. We had short meetings with our coordinators about our internships, and then we decided to get cell phones, sheets, and explore. Once our errands were done, a bunch of us decided we would find our own way to meet the rest of the orientation at the Tate Modern Museum. So we hopped on the tube and arrived quickly at the London Bridge.
I led the way... although not always with the knowledge of where I was going. We ended up on London Bridge arguing if it was THE London Bridge (kindof) and if the cool looking bridge in the background was really the one the nursery song referred to. (it wasn't). After that I led the way along to water and we accidentally discovered some cool historical things.

Southwark CathedralThe last 2 walls of Winchester Palace
The Golden Hindle ship recreationShakespeare's Globe Theater
Iron Gate in front of the GlobeThe Tate Modern Museum
And last but not least.... the Millennium Pedestrian Bridge

And that was my first full day in London.