Jan 5th

January 5th

     The morning started by visiting the most sustainable building in the world, and maybe one of the most interesting buildings I’ve seen with modern architecture. This building also happened to be Bloomberg UK’s new building, of just a month. We started by getting a tour of this brand-new building and every part of the building was unique and something I have never seen in another building. After our tour we had a panel of several employees working in some of the different areas of the company. It was interesting to see how each part of the company worked together and the different backgrounds each person had before coming to their current position, some not even going to university and working various jobs, while another went to university and studied a completely different subject.

     After seeing this global tech company, we broke off for lunch and wandered around the area for a while before meeting up again a taking a self-guided tour of St Paul’s Cathedral. The buildings from this time period always amazing how much work it put into not just building the structure but also putting elaborate designs and stories into it as well. While in St Paul’s we took a trip up to the top of the dome, which I very highly recommend but it not for those who are extremely afraid of heights. The first level up leads to the whispering gallery which gives a good vantage of the amazing floor work in the cathedral. Then going up from there you reach the top of the main dome and get a pretty good view of the city, but you can even go higher. Walking up these stairs to the very top was nerve wracking, as they were old tight spiral staircases that you could see through to the bottom of the floor, but getting to the top of St Paul’s gave the most amazing views of the city.

     After St Paul’s a small group went to the British Museum. This museum is so massive it is impossible to see all of it without being there the whole day. I was there for a little over two and a half hours and didn’t even get to see half of the exhibits that were there.

(Justice Martinez)

Picture of London form the top of St Paul’s (This picture does not do the view justice) 

The Rosetta Stone at the British Museum

A Murmillo Gladiator style helmet