Let’s catch everyone up to where we are now: Roma. Our last day in London (Friday) Adam was working so I spent the day shopping, reading, and people watching. It was quite enjoyable. To make our impending departure from Gatwick to Rome easier (not waking up at 3 AM) we actually spent the night at […]
The Queen's chef
Wow! It is so easy to forget how early 7 am is when you’re on vacation! Well, up we were and after grabbing a coffee and croissant to go we were on our way to the tubes (along with the rest of London it felt like) heading to Paddington Station. The train station itself was […]
London Bridge is falling down?
Determined to get an earlier start to our Wednesday adventures, we set our alarms (Gasp!) and had a goal of leaving the hotel by the crack of 10 am – we were successful, however, with some unscheduled tube delays we still ended up not starting our first sight (The Tower of London) until 11:30. The […]
"When you're tired of London, you're tired of life." – Dr. Johnson
Tuesday ended up being a very busy day for us here in London-town. We got a fairly late start to the day (oh well, we needed the sleep!) making it to Westminster Abbey by around noon. We took the tube to our stop, got out and bustled along with other crowds and finally got out […]
Look Right, Look Left
It just seems wrong! Our first “lessons of London” (LoL for short) was to follow the rules as indicated on the street to avoid being whacked and ruining your holiday. The second LoL was walk to the left – this realisation (please note the english use of “s” in place of a “z”) came after […]
Thank you Volcano Eyjafjallajokull…
Well, slight change of plans folks. Due to expected flight cancellations tomorrow night caused by the volcanic ash spewing out of aforementioned volcano we are leaving for London tonight! Unfortunately this means that we had to severely cut our visit with Dustin and Elisha in D.C. – a grand total of 9 hours were spent […]