Yes, we made it to London!
A 3 hour lay-over in Vancouver we flew over the pond (for 9 hours) and arrived a little tired and
greasy in Heathrow. A 30 min. tube ride led us right to our little hotel. We are pleased with our awesome room, it is very European. Yes, we did get a bathroom, however, our room is smaller than most prison cells, it's 6'x10' with bunk beds. (It's smaller than my second bedroom @ home. Amy has to hop on her bed so I can make it through the door too. He he. I love travel!
greasy in Heathrow. A 30 min. tube ride led us right to our little hotel. We are pleased with our awesome room, it is very European. Yes, we did get a bathroom, however, our room is smaller than most prison cells, it's 6'x10' with bunk beds. (It's smaller than my second bedroom @ home. Amy has to hop on her bed so I can make it through the door too. He he. I love travel! We spent the afternoon exploring West Kensington (where we're staying) and searching for a power cord for Amy's computer. Our converter set is for small appliances and we forgot to check if it would work. So we checked at a local PC World on Kensington High Street and they referred us to a Queensway/Baywater computer flea market. Life is full of fun surprises. We found the flea market and after walking past many stalls full of all the drug paraphernalia you could ever need we found the computer section and for only 2.50 pounds she got the cord she needed (instead of the 50 pounds at PC World). We felt victorious! Back in West Kensington we ate at the 3 Kings pub...Fish & Chips, of course! Called it an early night. We're tired!
Today...An organic picnic breakfast in Holland Park listening to birds sing (and I didn't hate them), the dogs barking, children playing! What a wonderful world it is. Tube ride to the British Museum to see one of the things on my Bucket List...the Egyptian collection! Amazing! When we arrived at the front steps, Amy said, "Let's go check something off your bucket list." How Cool!!!!
We thoroughly explored almost all the collections in the B.M. (for free, it's by donation, again very cool!) and sat on the steps to soak in some real sunshine! I bet you didn't even know the Brits knew what sun was like, but 
lo and behold we witnessed the sun! Ate lunch at a little cafe round the block at a table on the sidewalk and watched the Londoners scurry this way and that. Took the tube to Trafalgar Sq. to get our pictures taken with the infamous lions (I never did that the first time round) and visit the National Gallery (also free!) We stuck to mostly the impressionists but saw many other amazing works too!
lo and behold we witnessed the sun! Ate lunch at a little cafe round the block at a table on the sidewalk and watched the Londoners scurry this way and that. Took the tube to Trafalgar Sq. to get our pictures taken with the infamous lions (I never did that the first time round) and visit the National Gallery (also free!) We stuck to mostly the impressionists but saw many other amazing works too! We then took a stroll down the mall to Buckingham Palace and across St. James park. Religiously took pictures of Big Ben in all his glory and hustled to the tube, as it began to give us some of that famous London 'liquid sunshine'...Rain!
Back to the hotel to journal, blog, check e-mail, etc.
Tonight we're heading to Chicago at the Cambridge theatre! Let you know how it all goes!
Don't forget to check my pictures to see all the fun we're having!
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