Day 2

July 4, 2007- London

Walked through Hyde Park
Went on the City Red Bus Tour
First stop: London Eye. So pretty how we could see the whole London.
Went back on the Red Bus to go to the Tower of London. We saw Tower of Tourture, Bloody Tower, THE CROWN JEWELS!, and much more others
We ate PAULS, a very good pastries place. I had a blueberry tart and dad had a almond pastry. His was better.
Then we waited for 30 min. to take the River Cruise back to the London Eye station. We saw the replica of the Shakespeare Globe and a really cool looking hotel. I slept the rest of the way.
When we came back, we headed down to see parliament building and Big Ben. We got there around 5:04 so we missed the bells of the clock when it strikes the hour.
Then we went to Buckingham Palace. The gates are gorgeous! And the palace is very big and pretty. But there were a whole lot of people there. Then we walked through a street where the guards walk down during the changing of the guards, and it was full of UK flags. It was pretty. Then Dad showed me where the guards live and station. Not much there. It was about 6:30. Then we went to go eat dinner next to our musical. We ate at restaurant that I forgot the name of. It was a seafood restaurant. All over the menu and place mat. It kept on saying that all their fish were not harmed while catching and how there are no hormones or anything. Pretty funny. I ordered a fish fillet. It was pretty good.
Then we went to go see The Drowsy Chaperone. It was short (like 1.5 hours) because there was no intermission. I really enjoyed it, the narrator that narrated the musical was really funny, and a lot of funny, twisted scenes. Dad fell asleep in the beginning.
When we started heading out, we heard booming noises. Everyone in the theatre thought it was thunderstorm-ing outside, but instead there were fireworks going on. I find it quite ironic how the US broke away from Britain to gain our independence, and the British are celebrating it with fireworks? Wrong country England. After we got out of the theatre, it was almost over. We only saw about 5 minutes of it. Then Dad wanted to take one of the old fashion taxis, so we got one. Dad & I, and the driver, had a really cool conversation. The taxi was really high! It’s because in the old days, men had top hats and because the taxi ceiling was so low, they had to take it off. So they made the ceiling higher in the taxi. Pretty cool. We got to the hotel back pretty early, around 9:45-10:00ish. So we basically had nothing to do. We watched TV and rested our feet. Then we went to sleep at around 2 a.m because we were watching a movie with Sam Seaborn and Luke Wilson about keeping a copying business alive.

I WANT A 99 PENCE LONDON BEAR!

Day 1

July 3, 2007- London

Seats were very uncomfortable. I sat like 4 rows from dad, then i moved next to him b/c it was an open seat. Also like Chrissy, we had about like 200 or so movies, tv shows, music, etc. I watched Friends, the OC, Family Guy, beginning of Grease, Scrubs, and other things.
Ate at some Italian restaurant for lunch. I had the veggie soup. Dad ordered sparking water. Nasty. =)
Dad met up w/ Ron to discuss stuff from Jason. I went to the outside room and slept for a while.
<<-- Went to the British museum at 5, but we only stayed for a while b/c it closed at 5:30. =( Rode the subway to Herrod’s at Kightsbridge! I was excited, but when I got to the clothing part (the ground floor was all cosmetics) IT WAS ALL FRIGGIN’ DESIGNERS! Turn left there was Pucci, turn right it was D&G, straight ahead was Prada. WTF. ß that was the ladies section, so I thought teens would be better, but no! In the teens and children’s section was Burberry, Dior, Chanel. WTF again! Do London kids wear name brand clothes or something? Anyways, walked like 20 miles in there b/c there were like 6 floors. Also, Dad & I had a debate whether or not to buy a Burberry polo for 38.50 pounds or a England futbol (soccer) jersey for 34.50. I bought the jersey, so people wont nag at me on how rich I am.
Took a subway to New Oxford street to check out the stores @ like 8 pm, but for 8:00, the sun was so bright it felt like it was still 5:00-ish.
I thought we went around in a circle b/c there were like 3 Zara store, 3 GAP stores, and 2 H&M stores, all on the same street. Pretty weird. All the stores were closed b/c it was late. We went to a pub to go eat Fish & Chips, but that pub everyone was drinking and no one was eating, so yeah…We ate at a Lebanese restaurant. It was okay. Their KISS station had a top 10 R&B things, and they were playing like “I Believe I can Fly, Don’t Cha, some Eminem and Dido song” OOLLLDDD. Haha. Took a subway back to hotel. Our feet were aching. Then dad and I just collapsed on the bed, literally.
Feet very tired form walking.
Today, I’ve probably seen over 200 Mercedes-Benz, 150 BMWs, and a lot of Audis OOOO, porches, and I SAW A BENTLY! Sports car. Pretty cool. I was amazed how many Benz there was, and even the red buses, tow trucks, you name it is all made from Mercedes and have the sign on it. Pretty cool