Bergen, Norway and London, England

Tuesday was our last day in Norway. We started the day with a school visit. The school that we visited is a private school who sends about 30 students a year to Hillcrest Lutheran Academy in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. We were able to speak to some of the older students and ask them questions. One interesting thing about Norway is that they are similar to Denmark in that they have the same teacher for a few years in a row. After the school visit we were able to do a little more shopping before heading back to the hotel to pack our bags. In the evening we had our group meal and then us eight students climbed to the top of the hill. This is the same hill that we took the train to the top of before to watch the sun set. We watched the sun set and then walked back down.

We had to be up really early this morning to catch our flight to London! Once we got to London we made our way to the hotel. A group of us went to watch the changing of the guards at Buckingham Palace, we were not able to see the changing because there were other events going on. Someone had told us that the queen's birthday is coming up so they are practicing for that. This evening a group of us went walking down by the Thames River. We took a ride on the London Eye which is a very large slow ferris wheel type ride. You ride in a capsule which moves very slowly so that it takes about half an hour to get all the way around. From the top you are able to see much of London. We were able to see Big Ben and the House of Lords!The image on the above is of the House of Lords and Big Ben and the image on the left is the London Eye and the Thames River.