Our first night in London J and her friend Tilly took us to a British Pub. The food was excellent, and it was a really nice night. We all laughed a lot and enjoyed our evening. We tried sticky toffie pudding because we never had. We expected it to be . . . well . . . pudding, but it wasn't! It was some kind of cake covered with toffie sauce. It was really good.
The next morning we took the train into London. Compared with everywhere else we have been, the train prices here are like armed robery. In London we went to Trafalgar square, then we walked down and saw Paralment and Big Ben. They were all really nice. Then we headed to Covent Gardens for lunch. It is an area with a ton of shops and good food. We started off by sharing a dinner jacket. We can't stop laughing about dinner jackets. They are baked potatoes with fun toppings. We also got some really good curry.
This area between Covent Gardents and Leicester Square was probably our favorite area. It had a really fun and unique city feel. We detoured to see Soho, then we headed to Picadelly Circus (Circus just means a large circle) and walked down that road to Buckingham Palace. The Palace was nice. The weather was so-so. Then we headed toward this giant ferris wheel called the London Eye, but by the time we got there, it was close to when we were planning on leaving, so we walked through Waterloo and caught the train back.
We taught J how to cook French Toast and we played Monopoly City. It was a lot of fun. We got to be kind of late.
London was a really nice city, but in a lot of ways like Boston. It was really easy to get around because everything was in English and everyone spoke English, but it was bloody expensive.
No comments:
Post a Comment