Monday 9 January 2012

London calling!

After a lengthy wait in the passport line we finally walked out of Heathrow and into the cold temperatures of London. We quickly grabbed out our scarves, gloves and jackets and followed Brody\'s instructions to find we\'re we would be staying.
Brody\'s place is in East Putney- gorgeous little apartment with real \'London\' charm.
Our first day was spent navigating our way through the city streets. We started in Hyde park and strolled through the christmas markets that we set up for the holidays. We continued on to view all the \'usual\' tourist sights- Harrods, Big Ben, Westminster, Buckingham etc.
After we could not walk anymore we were glad to rest at the Lycerum theatre to watch \'the lion king\'. It was an absolutely break taking show- however Scott and I were so jet lagged that we could barely keep our eyes open by the end.

Our second day was spent in the typical London rain, but it was still an amazing day. We spent hours roaming the tower of London, filling my \'royal history\' fix! We also decided to try our luck at getting into a premier league football game, but didn\'t like our chances as all games were sold out. The football gods must have looked down on Scott though as we ended up scalping tickets from a guy for £45 (told they could cost up to £150). This experience was definitely worth while as the Chelsea crowd was amazingly passionate and wildly critical at the same time. ( most a,out of C bombs I have ever heard- and ever will hear, ha!)
Day three was just as pleasing as we decided to jump on board a day tour to:
Windsor castle- Extravagantly engaging
Stonehenge- a little overrated but still intriguing
Bath- picturesque and perfect.
To top the day off we had - typical english dinner with a warm ciders in an awesome little pub called \'the Albert\' in Victoria- just for Scotty ;)
We were really sad to say goodbye to London but looking forward to heading East!

1 comment:

  1. Getting my popcorn ready for the Paris post.

    If it makes you feel any better my phone got pickpocketed in Prague, and I did the same thing and chased that slippery gypsy down! Luckily, I got mine back. Though my Dad was in Paris last year and a sea of 10 year olds swarmed him on the metro and took all his stuff...

    Hope you guys are loving everyone moment.. well most moments.

    See you soon,
    Ian

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