There was no traffic signal or stop sign at this "intersection" so drivers got angry a lot of the time. haha OH WELL!
We kept walking and ran into our first phone booth!!! YESSSS!!!! the English version of Bill & Ted can begin!.We kept walking (which is a LOT of walking) and got tired at Kensington Garden. (Fun fact, Queen Victoria lived in the Palace there before Buckingham Palace was built, then moved). We ate Pret a Manger in the park and decided it was a great idea (obviously) to rent bikes and cycle around the park. We got to see the whole park in like half the time. Bikes are sooo awesome.
We got to see the Peter Pan statue, Princess Diana Memorial, Kensington Palace (?) Castle(?) I don't remember what it was called, and then finally got off the bikes and went to see Buckingham Palace. This is when we met up with George and Dean, the locals who didn't want to go sightseeing, lol! So us Americans navigated our way around London up until now.After many a pictures were taken we hit up Westminster Abbey, Parliament, and Big Ben. Where in the mist of walking from one to another George, and Dean both got held up by a silver statue. They were not to impressed. haha
So here we are standing on some bridge (which later in the journey, you will realize how randomly often we meet people on bridges, lol) and one REBECCA WARNER PERRY pops up behind us!! Ahhh, reunited and it feeels soo good!!! We walked and talked our way down the river and got so caught up in everything that Sloan, Becky and I lost everyone else. We decided to hit Starbucks, and then the infamous Nando's!
We walked around town some more and went to Covent Garden, this outdoor type of shopping centre and returned to the apt absolutely tuckered out from all the walking. It wasn't until later that everyone else returned and I threw out the dice and taught Erin and Sloan how to play 10,000. Awesome day!
THE END!
- JEN
to remember:
"Why are there helmets so big?" -Me
"Because they're...full of secrets!" Sloan
