Dressed to kill!

I suppose I have two days to catch up on...so here goes!

Yesterday, Nolan and I set off early for the Museum of Natural History, and spent about an hour looking at dinosaurs and cool gems and other neat "earth" things, before we finally got bored and walked over to the Victoria and Albert museum. There we saw creepy old 17th century bedrooms, paintings of course, and some random displays with the lights turned off so that one had to use a hand-cranked flashlight to see the displays. We still don't know what the point of that was. Then, thinking we would find food, we headed to Westminster and Parliament. Wrong. Note to self: if ever starving, avoid famous historical places. So we walked what felt like miles and finally found a McDonalds. Okay: I KNOW. But we were starving and there was nothing else! Mmm those golden arches just fatten you up wherever you go. Then we headed to Westminster Abbey, Parliament, Big Ben, and of course Buckingham Palace, where we loitered on the queen's steps until it started to rain. Perfect time to grab a coffee in Trafalgar square! People watching is one of my favourite things to do, and there are some doozies here, let me tell you.

Next up was dinner at St. Martins in the Fields, which is a very old church with a very old crypt below it. And on the crypt, is a cafe! Seriously. Coolest thing ever: having a traditional English meal in an old crypt by candlelight. And then, no we weren't done yet. We took a 3 hour walking tour with a hilarious guide who told us the history of old London and the river Thames. We got back to the hotel around 10:30, found my luggage was still missing, and crashed exhausted into bed.

Today, we called the airport to hear that they had found my luggage and would be delivering it to the hotel later. Hooray! So we hopped on the underground, and arrived at the Tower of London for a long tour and history of it's bloody history. Amazing! We also saw the crown jewels and admired that extravagance for awhile. We walked across London Bridge to the southern bank's Borough Market. It was NUTS and packed with people. We sampled fruit smoothies and desserts, and had a couple of bangers in bread (sausage), including a wild boar one that was actually pretty tasty! We bought a meatpie for a snack for later and then walked to Shakespeares old Globe Theatre, where we had yard tickets (watching the play while standing in the courtyard) for "As You Like It". It was incredible! Our feet were killing us, but it was well worth it! Then we headed back to the cafe in the crypt for dinner again! After stuffing ourselves we stopped at Harrod's for some more delicious pastries and then back for hot showers and finding my suitcase, YAY! And tomorrow we head to France around midday, so await another update!