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Day 8 :: Written Blog - Blast from the Past

Cassandra Wilson
March 25, 2019
Blast from the Past

Today was like one of those dreams where you go back through childhood memories and feel all the same emotions the way they were before. Even looking back on this day feels like recollecting distant memories from a dream, although this time it was different, this time it was real.

It has been four years since Callista and I lived in London, and today we went back to many of the places we used to visit often. We started out our day walking by St. Mary's Hospital, and saw door where all the royal babies make their first entrance to the public. Then we took a nice stroll down Paddington Basin, a canal behind Paddington station where may canal boats dock. This whole area we walked around this morning felt very nostalgic, since we used to live near Paddington station and walked around the area often.

After that, we walked from Paddington Basin to Hyde Park to take a walk trough the Italian Gardens before heading for lunch. On the way to Hyde Park, we got the opportunity to stop by the apartment where my family used to live. It almost felt unreal to be walking along the same sidewalks from four years ago, and how so many things have changed in our lives, however the roads and buildings seemed to have remained the way they used to be as if time had stood still.

After our walk in Hyde Park, we went inside Paddington station to have lunch, and afterwards we took a short walk to ICS (International Community School (where Callista and I went to school when we lived here)). ICS, similar to Post Oak, is an IB school and has many similarities such as the extended essay, TOK class, and community service. When we got to the school, we got to meet up with the DP1 (grade 11) class who gave us a presentation on their school, and then some of our group gave a presentation of Post Oak. Then, we got a tour of the school guided by the students, and sat in on a Literature class. We got to compare and contrast on how other IB schools work.It was awesome getting to go back to a place I used to go so often and see many familiar faces. Its amazing how many things have changes and yet many others stayed the same.

Then, we had dinner at Ivy Market Grill, and Callista and I met up with an old friend while we were at the restaurant. To wrap up our day, we all went to St. Martins Theatre and watched the longest running play in the world, The Mousetrap, a murder mystery by Agatha Christie.

Today felt like one of those dreams where you go back in time and search deeply though the places which once were taken for granted but are now held sacred. Except it was not a dream this time. This was real. We were there. Today was a dream come true.


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