Thursday, October 11, 2013
After getting a solid 13 hours of sleep, I woke up this morning and went for a beautiful run around Hyde Park. After eating a bizarre breakfast at my hotel (English food is definitely not the highlight here), I headed out to begin my tourist adventures.
I started by going to the Churchill War Room, which was pretty incredible. Everything is so intact that I almost felt like a bunch of British generals were going to walk out and start giving orders. After that, I walked around St. James Park a bit (beautiful) and made my way over to Westminster Abbey. (Truth be told, I mostly went there to see where Kate and Williams got married.) I strolled by Big Ben, saw Buckingham Palace (and happened to see the Changing of the Guards earlier in the day from my cab!), and then stopped for a lunch at the most adorable little cafe near Buckingham Palace. After some potato and leek soup and a pie (i.e. pot-pie), I read a bit, drank some coffee, and was off again!!!
I walked across town to Trafalgar Square (after stopping at some teenie-popper store to pick up a scarf and gloves...it's chilly here!) and watched some street performers and just relaxed and people watched for a bit. After that, I walked up to Leister Square (I seriously think I walked about 10 miles today, no joke), picked up a cupcake on the way, and sat by a fountain of Shakespeare and ate my cupcake. I could totally get used to this life.
I'm now sitting at a coffee shop reading a book. I can't remember the last time I did this, and it's pretty glorious.
I'm about to go meet Christie (Tammy's childhood best friend) for dinner in a bit, and then plan to head back to my hotel and hit the hay. Another fabulous day!!!!
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