Europe, here we come!!! We finally made it, we can't believe this day finally came!! After a long, relatively uneventful, but painful flight we made it to London around noon today. We made a deal, no complaining. Not about tailbones, backs, blisters, lack of sleep or food, or our accomadations!! But it is only our first day, we'll see how that goes. 9 hours on a ineffective, celebrex and tylenol free butt pillow is quite a discomfort. On top of that, 37,000+ feet caused painful swelling and gave Alicia cankles (just kidding). But it did feel like it does after a long 16hr shift at the hospital. Furthermore, I will never again make a 60 year old patient sleep bolt upright in the hospital again, at least not for 9 hours without compression stockings.
London in one word... POSH!!! Very fashionable, always bustling, nannies everywhere, and kids with expensive toys and adorable clothes. Everyone is always in a hurry but walks or takes the tube almost everywhere. The architecture is incredible and we can't wait to come back for a few days.
It was a bit of an adventure to figure out the "tube" system but after a bit we were using it like experts. After walking up and down the same street about three times we finally found our Hostel (Astor Kensington). Some French guys were nice enough to yell it to us on the street from about three stories up. Nope we're not tourists!!! Cute room, bunkbeds, and a wash closet (literally), wait till you see the pictures. Our roommate was from Spain but never gave us her name and we figured out this morning she probably didn't like us when she donned a shirt saying "WAR ISN'T THE ANSWER". We have decided we are now "from Canada, eh".
After getting settled we ventured out into downtown London. We walked through Kensington Park/Hyde Park and past Kensington Palace. We then went down to Westminster hoping to see the Abbey but church was in session. We'll probably check it out when we come back. But we managed to fill out time with a few other tourist attractions... "Look kids, Big Ben... Parliament!!" Now all we have to see is Piccadilly Circle and our London experience is complete. But really, we also saw the London Eye which will be a fun night time view of the city. We then went down to see the London Bridge, which we learned was actually just a bridge. The photos we were thinking of were of the Tower Bridge which we got a good view of. We stopped in a local pub for a glass of wine and some cheese. Unfortunately, our experience was interrupted by some obnoxious, drunk Aussies. They kept calling us "you Americans" and talking about all our embarassing tabloid news. But we learned they also love South Park!!
London in one word... POSH!!! Very fashionable, always bustling, nannies everywhere, and kids with expensive toys and adorable clothes. Everyone is always in a hurry but walks or takes the tube almost everywhere. The architecture is incredible and we can't wait to come back for a few days.
It was a bit of an adventure to figure out the "tube" system but after a bit we were using it like experts. After walking up and down the same street about three times we finally found our Hostel (Astor Kensington). Some French guys were nice enough to yell it to us on the street from about three stories up. Nope we're not tourists!!! Cute room, bunkbeds, and a wash closet (literally), wait till you see the pictures. Our roommate was from Spain but never gave us her name and we figured out this morning she probably didn't like us when she donned a shirt saying "WAR ISN'T THE ANSWER". We have decided we are now "from Canada, eh".
After getting settled we ventured out into downtown London. We walked through Kensington Park/Hyde Park and past Kensington Palace. We then went down to Westminster hoping to see the Abbey but church was in session. We'll probably check it out when we come back. But we managed to fill out time with a few other tourist attractions... "Look kids, Big Ben... Parliament!!" Now all we have to see is Piccadilly Circle and our London experience is complete. But really, we also saw the London Eye which will be a fun night time view of the city. We then went down to see the London Bridge, which we learned was actually just a bridge. The photos we were thinking of were of the Tower Bridge which we got a good view of. We stopped in a local pub for a glass of wine and some cheese. Unfortunately, our experience was interrupted by some obnoxious, drunk Aussies. They kept calling us "you Americans" and talking about all our embarassing tabloid news. But we learned they also love South Park!!
Tomorrow... onto Prague!!
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you mean to tell me that the Aussies aren't as in love with britney spears as we all are!? ugh! I can't believe it!
London bridges falling down.. falling down.. falling down.. London bridges falling down.. My fair lady..
..I just decided, that is an extremely boring song..
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