London, Day 2
We woke up in the middle of the night and stayed up until my aunt and Ben left for work and school at 7:30 AM. Then I fell asleep again while Erik was taking a shower and didn't wake up until 1:00 PM. We didn't get out of the flat until 2:00 PM. I felt a little afraid because it was our first time out and about and we didn't really know where we were going. We were utterly dependent on the map. We got a week pass for the tube and bus for 20.20 pounds each and headed for Westminster. We got a little lost on the way because we took the wrong tube line. It was windy but not too chilly. We saw the London Eye ferris wheel, Big Ben and the Parliament, Westminster Abbey, and walked all the way to Trafalgar Square. We basically followed the first walking tour from the Rick Steve's London 2004 travel book. It was nice because we didn't have to make any decisions.
On the way home we took the number 6 bus and sat on the top of the double decker bus. Erik was scared by the bus driver's aggressive driving this time because he would stop inches from the cars in front of us and swerve in and out of lanes. We got to see the shopping district and it was very croweded. Again we saw too many Starbuck's and McDonald's.
So far our food experience here has not been very good. This fish and chips were bland. The chinese food tasted different. The italian pasta was bland. The best meal so far has been my aunt's cooking. Erik wanted to eat McDonald's because he said it would be clean and didn't want to eat at a pub because he said pubs were usually dirty. But he promised to let me eat at a pub later on because I really want to try it.
We had dinner at my aunt's flat and then Ben entertained us with his magic tricks. Erik loved them and got Ben to reveal his tricks. We also listened to Ben play the piano. Now it's time for bed. Hopefully tomorrow we will have gotten over our jetlag and have the whole day to play in London.
One interesting thing I noticed about the fifty pence coin is that it has seven sides. It is a heptagon.
We woke up in the middle of the night and stayed up until my aunt and Ben left for work and school at 7:30 AM. Then I fell asleep again while Erik was taking a shower and didn't wake up until 1:00 PM. We didn't get out of the flat until 2:00 PM. I felt a little afraid because it was our first time out and about and we didn't really know where we were going. We were utterly dependent on the map. We got a week pass for the tube and bus for 20.20 pounds each and headed for Westminster. We got a little lost on the way because we took the wrong tube line. It was windy but not too chilly. We saw the London Eye ferris wheel, Big Ben and the Parliament, Westminster Abbey, and walked all the way to Trafalgar Square. We basically followed the first walking tour from the Rick Steve's London 2004 travel book. It was nice because we didn't have to make any decisions.
On the way home we took the number 6 bus and sat on the top of the double decker bus. Erik was scared by the bus driver's aggressive driving this time because he would stop inches from the cars in front of us and swerve in and out of lanes. We got to see the shopping district and it was very croweded. Again we saw too many Starbuck's and McDonald's.
So far our food experience here has not been very good. This fish and chips were bland. The chinese food tasted different. The italian pasta was bland. The best meal so far has been my aunt's cooking. Erik wanted to eat McDonald's because he said it would be clean and didn't want to eat at a pub because he said pubs were usually dirty. But he promised to let me eat at a pub later on because I really want to try it.
We had dinner at my aunt's flat and then Ben entertained us with his magic tricks. Erik loved them and got Ben to reveal his tricks. We also listened to Ben play the piano. Now it's time for bed. Hopefully tomorrow we will have gotten over our jetlag and have the whole day to play in London.
One interesting thing I noticed about the fifty pence coin is that it has seven sides. It is a heptagon.
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