London baby...

So last night I got into london (really this morning) at about 4am. After walking through the sketchiest neighorhood in London, we arived at our fantastic hostel... don't worry parents... safety in numbers, right? Kubic got there safe and sound and got to know the underground subways really well yesterday afteroon.

We got up this morning at 9:30 and went down for our free toast and jucice. Not going to lie, I was hoping for tea and crumpets, but hey, I'll take what I can get.

After grabing our cameras, we set off on our adventures through London. First, we hopped on the underground and headed towards Piccadilly Circus, one of the most famous London landmarks at the junction of 5 busy streets. Most of London's major theatres are within walking distance. Kate: I took a picture of a wicked billboard for you. Mom: thought you'd like to know it is hug day here.

Moving on, we wandered past a bunch of statues of men on horses and some lady ontop of a lion. Very cool. We ended up passing a giant tower that sat at the foot of a big park. To our left was the national gallery, and straight ahead led towards Buckingham's palace. We first went past some guards that weren't supposed to move (they did) and then wound around near the National Gallary. Before going in, we went to Subway for a 3 pound meal (cost 3 pounds...) of chicken terriaki with chips and fountain soda. Spain: get on the subway wagon, it was delicious.

National Gallery. What to say? There were a lot of paintings of Jesus. We walked around for about 45 minutes there and saw just about nothing except religious artwark depicting everything from the battle of David and Goliath to Archangel Michael cutting of the head of Lucifer the snake. We tried to sneak into a free show downstairs but security wouldn't have it. Okay, so by free we mean 10 pounds ($20).

Then we saw the London eye, a giant ferris wheel, with a more giant line. We didn't ride it. We went to Westminster Abbey and came to the conclusion that it isn't as big/cool/interesting as we thought it was. Then we saw a bunch of mimes and walked across the bridge and went to Big Ben.

Big ben is big. Lots of windows and giant clock, like you might guess. We'd show you pictures but we can't download them. After wading through a sea of foreigners, we went to Trafalgar Square. It is the square with Nelson's Colum guarded by four lions and is one of London's most famous attractions. There was some live music and a really cool plaza. We liked it.

Now our legs are tired, and I'm complaining about how we can't find an ATM. After withdrawing the last of our savings, we jumped on a bus and went to Notting hill. I am happy to report that after discussing the hit movie Notting Hill, we were able to locate the Travel Bookstore (Hugh Grant missing in action) and I took a picture of EVERY red door there was in the neighborhood. I think some old lady taking a picture of her house.

Now we are exhausted and got back on the tube to go back to the hostel. There was some baby on the train to keep us awake so we didn't miss our last stop.

Now we are going out to eat and to see covent gardens, which is full of restaraunts, bars and shopping. Should be fun.

until next time...