London

In London, we:

• Strolled along the Thames until we had blisters :)


• Saw Shakespeare's Globe (suprisingly uninspiring)
  
• Drank Pimms and beer and ate strawberries


• Saw 'Wicked' at Broadway! Fantastic and cheap
• Saw the main London attractions- Big Ben, Westminister Abbey, Trafalger Square, Buckingham Palace with an attractive musician
  
• Had to stand in London's rain for 15min after some bozo decided to throw up on our nice red bus


• Relaxed on Wimbelton's lawns, watching others eat strawberries and drink Pimms while Serena Williams KICKED BUTT in the women's final
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  Took in the tantalizing sensory explosion of the Borough markets- free tasters
  
• Shared the London pub experience with Sarah's awesome Topdeck mates


• Got treated to a version of 'do dah' that went...

"We are English and we're shit, do-dah, do-dah
We're not as bas as Portugal, oh do-dah day"

• and some ditty about the RAF shooting down German planes by some English football fans


• Met some nice American blokes we roomed with who we hope will show us around France in a few weeks


• Put up with a grumpy bus driver who didn't believe in toilet or food stops on our 12-hour bus trip to Amsterdam


• And I lost a lot of my photos- so these are courtesy of Sarah :)

Overall impressions:

• Smelly and dirty
• Warm! Funn thing that is- it gets stuffy on the Underground
• Big- the Underground is a maze
• Friendly, helpful people- we had people offering help without asking for it
• Football fanatics- I loved the bustle in the streets during games
• The English love beers, Pimms, strawberries and cream, pies and icecream!
• I LOVED IT, but I don't think I could handle taking the Underground every day

More to come soon on Amsterdam... xo