Today is Thursday, and its about midnight here, therefore its 6 pm in Missouri and 7 pm in Ohio. We went a ton of places today, and I'd love to post some pictures, but there is no USB port on this computer, so they'll hopefully be up tomorrow.
Today we saw...
Big Ben- pretty sweet. it was the first thing we saw when we came out of the subway stairs. it sits right on the river, and is really intricate. Trey, it reminded me of the movie 'The Three Mouskateers,' how's that for an old school movie reference
The houses of Parliament- wouldn't be as cool if they weren't attached to Big Ben
Westminster Abbey- the sweetest part of the day probably. Huge church where lots of people were buried. We saw a bunch of kings and queens bones, or at least the boxes that hold them. Katie got kicked out for illegal flash photography... ok so she didn't, but a few people almost did, the security there was pissed. It was really pretty from outside and inside. Cool cloistered hallways with some sweet courtyards inside.
Buckingham Palace- super over-rated. No fuzzy hat guards that we could see. Katie said, and I quote 'Man, the queen got jipped.'
London Bridge from way far away- it was far away
The River Thames- really pretty at night, we walked along the shore for a couple miles at least
London Pub (again)- we found a place we like
Oxford Circus- huge shopping district. didn't buy anything, but it was packed with people.
Hard Rock Cafe- ate some american food.
some more stereotypes that we've found to be true. Everyone here smokes. Everyone. They don't expect you to tip at meals. Everyone drinks all day. They try and hand you free stuff at seemingly every corner.
we bought a three day subway pass for £17.40, or $35. We used it about nine times today, which means it already paid for itself (almost twice over).
last night was rocky, but hopefully we're used to the time change now. tomorrow's docket includes wimbledon, the tower of london, st. pauls cathedral, london bridge closer up, and hopefully a few more things. tomorrow is our last full day in london.
the money here is really cool. they use pounds and pence, and they dont have bills for one or two pounds, they just use coins, and cool coins at that.
the weather was beautiful again, we're getting spoiled here. people seem to think it rains all the time here. katie and i love parks now. when you don't want to go back to your hostel, parks provide a sweet place to sit and do crosswords for an hour to rest your feet, and everyone else goes to parks to. we watched a pickup soccer game today, almost laced em up and showed these Brits how we ball in america, then i remembered i suck at soccer.
goodnight america
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