Legal London
Once we were back in London, we got a room in Kensington to stay for the night in order to meet the group in the city in the morning. We all took nice naps and showers and went to an amazing sushi restaurant for dinner. We stayed up to watch Toy Story 2 and the Wedding Date but crashed pretty early. The next morning, we threw on our business attire, grabbed coffees and headed to Middle Temple to meet the group for the Legal London tour. Everyone in the group had just returned from weekend trips so there was lots of story-swapping and not much paying attention but our tour guide was a London solicitor (lawyer) and was very knowledgeable- or at least seemed so with her proper British accent. We toured Middle Temple (a lawyers inn housed by the Knights Templar) and the Royal Courts and ate lunch at the high table in the inn before sitting in a trial (where they wear white powder whigs!). The Courts were absolutely amazing- opened by Queen Victoria and modeled after a gothic church it was really stunning. We continued on to view 2 of the other inns (Lincoln and Greys) and the barrister's buildings. Unfortunately, we didn't get to tour Parliament or Westminister Abbey but I had already done that on my own so I was ok with calling it a day. It was all really interesting but we were all very tired and ready to hop on the train back to Oxford. Unfortunately, the express train wasn't coming until later so we thought it would be a good idea to hop on the slow train. Fortunately, Audrey and I grabbed some high gravity beers from the pub in Paddington before taking the train because it was a commuter train and was disgusting. People, food, spills, not exactly where you want to sit for 2 hours but we made it home, walked home from the train station, and got some much needed rest.
Once we were back in London, we got a room in Kensington to stay for the night in order to meet the group in the city in the morning. We all took nice naps and showers and went to an amazing sushi restaurant for dinner. We stayed up to watch Toy Story 2 and the Wedding Date but crashed pretty early. The next morning, we threw on our business attire, grabbed coffees and headed to Middle Temple to meet the group for the Legal London tour. Everyone in the group had just returned from weekend trips so there was lots of story-swapping and not much paying attention but our tour guide was a London solicitor (lawyer) and was very knowledgeable- or at least seemed so with her proper British accent. We toured Middle Temple (a lawyers inn housed by the Knights Templar) and the Royal Courts and ate lunch at the high table in the inn before sitting in a trial (where they wear white powder whigs!). The Courts were absolutely amazing- opened by Queen Victoria and modeled after a gothic church it was really stunning. We continued on to view 2 of the other inns (Lincoln and Greys) and the barrister's buildings. Unfortunately, we didn't get to tour Parliament or Westminister Abbey but I had already done that on my own so I was ok with calling it a day. It was all really interesting but we were all very tired and ready to hop on the train back to Oxford. Unfortunately, the express train wasn't coming until later so we thought it would be a good idea to hop on the slow train. Fortunately, Audrey and I grabbed some high gravity beers from the pub in Paddington before taking the train because it was a commuter train and was disgusting. People, food, spills, not exactly where you want to sit for 2 hours but we made it home, walked home from the train station, and got some much needed rest.
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