Today I wasn't feeling very well, so I just decided to meander around town since it was SO beautiful out, even a bit too hot for my tastes. I walked across the Thames to this grassy park and read for class. :)
Then, later a couple gals and I went for a walk around town. And we stumbled upon some fun buildings.
The Catholic Church in town.
Refinished vs. untouched!
Amazing gates, even though the flash blurs the look a little bit.
And then we found the Royal Chelsea Hospital, which was built by King Charles II in 1682 for army veterans!! There was a guard right at the front gate who was more than willing to give us the whole story. It is one of the few buildings in Chelsea, and London for that matter, that is still used to to this day for the same purpose it was built for. Today there are 300 pensioners living inside, 500 staff members, and the building is a self-contained unit---with its own chapel, grand dinging room, post office, pub and restaurant, graveyard, anything you could ever need! And the coolest part was that there are STILL around 60 men from WWII!!!! So interesting and amazing to see!
There is also a museum and gift shop inside that has the most adorable men working! They were so nice and willing to tell us anything we wanted to know.
The ONLY mailbox in London with a slot in both the front and back---utilized by the Royals to send their mail so that people can still send mail when from the inside without there being the threat of a bomb being inserted via the front slot... I think!
The graveyard---there were graves with headstones AND footstones. And not to mention, there were spirit orbs everywhere!
Spirits!
-xox-
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