London Day Two

May 13, 2015-Day 2

            Following a long and slightly stressful two days of traveling, and finally making it to London. Day two to start our journey through London we went to the recently renovated Wembley stadium. We took the tube and upon our arrival we slowly walked towards the stadium taking pictures and absorbing the stadiums essence. As we walked into the stadium Professor Ryan took us aside to see the Olympic tablets from the 1948 Olympics that were held here in London. Those commemorative tablets were the remains from the reconstruction of Wembley stadium. He began to explain the background of those Olympics, the roots of others and the stadiums surroundings.

            We then took a tour of Wembley; it was amazing to say the least! I learned so much about the stadium, and experiencing any other way wouldn’t have been the same. Wembley is not only used for football, soccer, matches but they hold concerts, rugby, and the NFL has even played there! The stadium its self holds three world records and is 2.5 times the size of the old Wembley. It has the worlds largest roof span; you can even fit the London eye underneath the arch. The arch above the stadium supports more than half of the roof, which allows the stadium no seat obstructions because there is no need for pillars. There are 90,000 seats, all, which, are, pointed towards the field, and makes Wembley the biggest all covered seat arena in the world. According to our tour guide there is no other crowd louder then the Wembley roar! The glass of the box seats bounces the sound from the crowd around the stadium creating the roar. The last world record Wembley holds, is the stadium hold the most toilets in the world standing at, 2,618!

            Wrapping up we got a chance to sit in the room where the captains of the teams are interviews and where the press sit and ask questions. Concluding the tour we got a chance to sit in the royal box and take a picture with the FA Cup and I believe it was made out of silver! Our lovely tour guide also took us into through the whole stadium and into the locker rooms where we could take pictures with jerseys, from some recent or famous players; that have all played in Wembley.

            After the tour we parted for lunch and headed back on the tube to the city to continue our day at the British Museum. We learned about the history of Greece and the most of the artifacts are here in London instead of Greece. We saw carvings, pottery and statues, that weren’t all complete but we restored to be shown and tell the history. Professor Ryan informed us before and throughout the tour of the museum giving us information about the early Olympics and the background we need or wanted about Greece.

Everything about today was amazing the experience, food, sites, and people. I can’t believe it was only day one of our amazing journey. I can’t wait to absorb the different cultures from each city and explore the different learning’s from each day to come!