London Days 3 and 4

Lots o' fun was had over the last two days. Yesterday was so good that I can't really remember what all I did. Actually, we didn't do all that much. We had a huge breakfast that was semi-English style, because we included beans in the meal. After that, we lounged around for awhile, and a group of us (two kids from the Oxford Program, a kid from Dublin, one girl in the London Program, and myself) headed over to the Tower of London, and after waiting in line for about an hour, we got in and did the whole tour thing. We were led around by one of the Beefeaters, and he was especially chummy and entertaining. We then saw the crown jewels and a bunch of guns in there. Royals, guns, and money.

We then headed to the Cheshire Cheese, which is one of the oldest pubs in London. I had some onion rings there (like 4 pounds... oh God I paid 8 bucks for onion rings) as well as a delicious bitter. The pub was the ultimate English pub. Great fun. From there, we walked back up the road to St. Paul's, where we tried to listen to some choir song thing. I say tried, because a few minutes after we got in, someone pulled a fire alarm or something and we got kicked out. Darn. We rode the bus back to the apartments, and after going to a grocery store, Chad and I cooked a huge feast combining ground beef, onions, peppers, some special spice, and tomatoes. We had no idea what we were making, but it turned out delicious, and everyone who ate it was impressed. So were we. While we were cooking, Durst managed to find some stolen slingbox feed of college football games, so we watched college football all night! I seriously miss that stuff. Chad and Durst went out to some pub, but a lot of us stayed in (maybe 10 kids), because the ND game was on. We won! After that, bedtime.

This morning we headed out to see the changing of the guard at Buckinham Palace at 11. Crowds blocked my view, generally, but it was still pretty cool to see what I saw. From there, we split up, and I headed over to the Westminster Abbey area while the rest of the group went to Trafalger, where I'd already been. I was starving, so I tried to find somewhere to eat. Incredibly, it took like 15 minutes to find a grocery store or anywhere with food really in that area. It felt like forever, because I was dying. Anyways, after eating, I made my way back to the Abbey, only to realize that it is not open for tourism on Sunday. Darn. I met back up with the crew at some pub near Trafalger, and from there we tubed out to Fulham, to watch Fulham FC, my favorite Premier League team (because they have my favorite player, Clint Dempsey He's the skinny white guy in the video. Great unintentional comedy). They tied Blackburn 2-2. Very good time. Me likey soccer. Anyways, we came back, and here I am. I need to go eat.