Our first hop-off was to St. Paul's Cathedral, an amazingly beautiful church in the city. The cathedral was destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666, and rebuilt by Christopher Wren. It's dome stands 365 feet high.
After St. Paul's we rode through West London, past 10 Downing Street, Kensington Gardens & Palace, the Marble Arch, Hyde Park, and so many other sights. Our next stop was Harrod's, the immense department store where rumor has it, you can buy anything you want. Ronald Reagan once asked if he could buy an elephant. The Harrod's employee did not miss a beat and replied, "Asian or African, sir?" We decided against purchasing any wild animals this time, but we did spend some time in the toy department and bought some fudge on the way out!
We got back on the bus, and then we saw a celebrity, so we jumped off to have our picture taken with... Justin Timberlake! He was pretty cool, but seemed a little, distant. Stiff. Waxy.
We also saw some of his waxy friends at Madame Tussaud's.
After hitting the Beatles Shop (across the street from the Rolling Stones Shop), and searching for Abbey Road (we didn't find it), we finished up the evening at a true English pub, The Sherlock Holmes, where we (well, some of us) ate fish & chips and mushy peas. And tea.
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Wow, that's what I call a full day! Glad to see you're making good use of your time. ;)
How did you enjoy your English dinner? And, what exactly are mushy peas?
(All this and fudge, too? You're killing me!)
oh, i love wax museums! i want to go to Madame Tussaud's in Manhattan. i love the pic of john and the football player!
those British pubs are something aren't they? Were you able to understand the people there?
i loved the picture of John and the wax figure. very cute, very funny.
I was going to ask the same thing about the mushy peas.
any emma sightings yet?
Mushy peas: peas, mushed. Like, take a bowl of peas, place in food processor. Eat. Not my thing.
Caro - yeah? Wax Museum? John and I tried to avoid it but lost in the end. It was fun, but rather pricey. Funny about language in London - you hear so many different languages and accents, the real Brit accent seems to be a minority!
thank you everyone for not making me feel dumb! after my first post i realized that "duh, they're in London, that's not a football player it's a rugby player." But while I'm feeling dumb- who are the two guys you're hangin' with Amy?
I really do like wax museums. i think it started way back in 6th grade when we went to Washington DC for our trip. Tom and I are going into Manhattan this weekend so he said we can go to Mdme. Tussaud's- yeah!
When we were in the pub in England i remember the accent being SO strong we could barely tell they were speaking English!
Sorry for the long ramble!
No sweat, rambles are good!
I'm chillin' with Vincent Van Gogh and Pablo Picasso in that picture!
we knew they were painters and we thought one was Van Gogh but since only 3 ears were visible we weren't sure. thanks for the info!
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