St. Paul's Cathedral, ZSL London Zoo, Farewell Dinner

St. Paul's Cathedral 

As our final field trip for our Criminal Justice course, we visited the Crown Court and Royal Courts of Justice on July 30.  At the Royal Courts of Justice, we were given a formal tour of the building and the history.  At the Crown Court, we were able to sit in on a court hearing.  Unfortunately, we were not allowed to take pictures inside either of these buildings.  Crown Court was near St. Paul's Cathedral, so we walked over there to stop in and look at the architecture.

St. Paul's Cathedral

Outside St. Paul's Cathedral

The London Zoo

The ZSL London Zoo is the world's oldest scientific zoo. It is home to 755 species of animals, and is suppose to be one of the best zoos in the world. It was a very hot day when some of us decided to go, so some of the animals hid inside or in the shade.

A day at the London Zoo

Clown fish

Aquarium inside the ZSL London Zoo, which opened in 1853.

Sleeping kangeroo

Kimono Dragon

One of the scenes from Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was filmed at this location in the London Zoo. 

Tropical frog in the aquarium part of the zoo

Monkeys within gorilla kingdom 

Gorilla kingdom

It was such a hot and sunny day that most of the animals were napping

Camel

Llama

Camels

Penguin Beach

Rockhopper penguin

Penguin

Giraffe

Butterfly paradise

Warthogs

Meerkats

Meerkat

 Farewell Dinner

The last Friday we were in England, August 2, we had a farewell dinner at a Holiday Inn down the road from our dorms in Surbiton.  Everyone dressed "smart" and we were given an appetizer, buffet dinner, wine, and dessert.  There were awards given from the photo frenzy scavenger hunt.  After the dinner a DJ played music and we all spent our last Friday together.

All fancy for dinner

Outside the dorms before dinner

UNCC Justice Studies Abroad group

Sipping on some wine

 

Farewell dinner 

Photo courtesy of Anita Blowers

Good times with incredible friends