While I'm at it, I'll post the second update from England. England was definitely the highlight of my trip to Europe.
Our second full day in London was a wonderful day. It definitely made the trip worth it, and getting up at 3:30am the next morning to catch our plane back bearable.
We began with catching the Underground into town. After we got off, we found a small cafe and had an "English Breakfast". This consisted of bacon (Basically ham with lots of fat), sausage, toast, and beans. The beans were interesting, and I didn't enjoy them that much. Kayla had scrambled eggs on toast.
We then made our way to Buckingham palace. We weren't prepared for how many people decided to visit at that time as well. We found out after making our way around the monument in the middle that there was an event, a marching band from the Queen's Guard, that paraded through the streets. It was pretty cool.
We then made our way through Saint James' park toward Big Ben and Westminster Abbey. In the park, we saw tons of birds. Kayla was simply delighted and it made me happy to see her enjoying herself that much. See pictures on Kayla's facebook to see all of the interesting birds Kayla found.
We eventually came through and found Westminster Abbey and Big Ben. More testaments to the grandiose things humans can build when they put their minds to it. We then went to the Tower of London! While we decided it was too expensive to tour, we walked around it, by the water front, and then sat down in a park and played Organ Trail for awhile.
We then made our way to... 221B Baker Street! I was kinda disappointed though. They made the first floor into a museum, but have preserved the upstairs in a Victorian style. We only took a couple pictures from the opposite side of the street, then made our way to Reagent's Park.
This park was another wonderful park, and gave Kayla and I some wonderful times together. There were tons more birds, including some cute babies running around the edge of the water. To make it even better, they had paddle boats that we ended up renting and was able to get even closer to the wild life. It was a great hour of lazily paddling around the lake. Some nice people even tossed us some bread and we threw it in and got some pictures of all the seagulls swarming around us!
To make a fun day even better, and to spend the rest of the pounds we had, we went to this wonderful Italian restaurant, the Spaghetti House. We had this delicious chicken broth ravioli appetizer, a delicious bottle of Orvietto wine, and I was able to try some English beer (Which was pretty good). For the main course, I ended up getting an Italian style steak with some pretty amazing butter that melted on top of it. (Also noted, this was a great chance for me to slow down and enjoy my food a lot more. It was a pretty epic meal).
Then, I took a slightly wobbly Kayla back to the hotel on the Underground, were we watched some interesting English game shows and then passed out.
As noted above, we had to get up pretty darn early :(. Our plane left at 7:35, so we had to get to the airport (A 45 minute train trip from the middle of the city) by 6:40. Around 5 o'clock, there are barely any Underground trains running, so we had to catch a couple late night buses. Initially I imagined we would be waiting under a single light on the side of the street in the pitch black, but it ended up being pretty calm, with some nice people that helped us get on the right bus.
And that's it! I definitely want to go back to England, but would want to stay a little longer and tour the English castles. Especially the one linked with King Arthur...
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