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Day 10 :: Photo Blog - Final Day Fun

After a wonderful breakfast, we started the day with a cruise on the Thames River.
We saw a lot of the places that we visited throughout our trip on this one boat ride!



Right in front of the London Eye!


View of the "Walkie Talkie" building where we visited the Sky Garden 


Morgann in front of the Tower of London!


 After the cruise we took an unplanned trip to the Guildhall Art Gallery. We were all very happy we got the chance to go!



Nathan and Callista reading about the Gladiators


Observing artwork from the gallery

Lunch



Next, we walked to Honest Burgers and had delicious burgers!!


After lunch, we walked to the London Mithraeum 

- containing the remains of the hidden Temple of Mithras, a Roman temple built for the Roman god Mithras in the mid-third century. There are a lot of mysteries surrounding the religion because it was practiced in hiding and many of the meeting sites were underground.


Displaying the remains of the temple here in the Temple Room



The group having fun while learning about this mystery religion


Our next Stop was Kew Gardens - a beautiful way to end the trip!



Almost there!


In front of the Temperate House


Inside the Temperate House




Second floor viewing of the Temperate House!


Callista in front of a beautiful blossoming tree


Looking over the Treetop Walkway


After the wonderful afternoon at Kew Gardens, we headed back to the apartments for our last dinner!



Our cooks, Morgann and North, making delicious stir-fry!


~Sierra

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