Socks visits England

          Today I would like to tell you all about England and what I did there. The highlights of my trip to England were visiting London, Cambridge and Audley End. I did many amazing things while in England, but these events were the best.

We decided we wanted to go and see the city of London, we hopped on the subway and headed in. First we went to see Tower Hill, where the Queen’s crown is kept. Then we went to Buckingham Palace. That is where the Queen lives sometimes. We wanted to see the changing of the guard, but sadly it was cancelled so, we decided to go to the Royal British Museum instead. It was very interesting because it had parts of the Parthenon on display. The Parthenon was a famous Greek building that was destroyed a long time ago. I had the best time in London.

This is me at Tower Bridge, right beside Tower Hill

Another interesting place we visited was Cambridge. We went to the Geological Museum and I saw the most amazing rock and fossil collection. My favourite was a big brown rock with tons of fossils in it. Then we went and looked at the shops and bought a souvenir. We saw Cambridge University, one of the world’s best universities. I think one day I will move to England and go there. I was starving so we had fish and chips for dinner, I have never had that before and let me tell you it was great - far different than Canadian bananas. Cambridge was a great place to visit and I would go back in a heartbeat.

This is my human Dad at the Geological Museum - he loves rocks!

            We also visited a huge house called Audley End. The house was built in 1603, that was a long time ago. First we went to the service wing where all of the cooking and laundry was done.  It was all very different from how we do things today. There was no washing machines or dryers and all of the cooking was done by hand.  There weren’t any mixers, bread machines or refrigerators, what would we do without those today?  Then we went for a tour inside the house, unfortunately we were not able to take pictures but it was spectacular. There were rooms full of books and they had the fanciest beds. It was such a big house it even had its own chapel. It also had a large garden where lots of fruits, vegetables and herbs were grown. That was definitely the biggest and fanciest house I have ever been in.

Me at Audley End

            England was a beautiful place and I think if you were to come here that you would absolutely love it. In my two week stay in England I have visited the most castles and been on more roundabouts than I have in my whole life. Even though there was a lot of windy roads and roundabouts, it was a gorgeous place to visit.

Written in monkey by Socks, translated by Meghan.