January 16th 2014- BBC tour and Afternoon Tea

On our last full day in London, four of us decided to go on the BBC tour.  The main reason I wanted to go is because I am a fan of Doctor Who and I wanted to take pictures by the tardis.  But, I ended up getting so much more out of the tour than Doctor Who memorabilia.  I got to see the biggest newsroom in Europe.  I learned about how BBC has been a leading news channel for so much of the world's history.  The Beatles, Elton John, and Michael Buble among many others performed there.  I also learned that that BBC stage was used as a bomb shelter during the war. I heard a clip of a reporter doing the live news when a bomb struck the building.  He heard the blast and continued with the news as if nothing had happened.  The tour guides also told us much about the monarchy through the lens of the BBC news.  The tour ended with the four of us acting out a mock radio drama in the actual studio.  I loved it because we were interested in acting and theater and it was a lot of fun.

Afterwards, we went to afternoon tea as our last full group activity.  It was a nice end to the trip because we had all become so much closer than we had been at the start of the trip.  I am not a tea person but I found that I really love scones!