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Yesterday we watched Operation Mincemeat, a comedic musical of a British operation to trick Hitler into moving German troops off of Sicily so that allies could move in easily. It is actually based off of a true story! It takes place in 1943 and MI5 needs some plan to get the German army to move …

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London Tide is a play based of Charles Dickens’s book Our Mutual Friend. It was adapted to a play by Ben Power. He is a playwright, screenwriter and associate of the National Theatre. We saw it at the National Theatre, which we had been to just a few days prior to watch The Boys from …

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Today we went to the Tower of London. There wasn’t a line or anything, which was nice because we were able to head right in. We all went and saw the crown jewels first. There was a lot more in that exhibit than I thought there would be, I was picturing just the crown and …

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We got our Oyster Cards on Wednesday morning, and then weheaded to the station to use the tube for the first time. It was raining, so everyonehad raincoats or umbrellas. We tapped our cards, which I think they call yourticket, and went into the station. At Russel Square, which is closest to ourhotel The Royal …

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We are still in Arkansas but I am excited to be in London soon!! Yayyyyyy