This weekend has been fun! Thursday night we went to see Wicked! It was by far the best show that we have seen since we got here. Lauren and I loved it. The acting was really good and the cast had amazing voices. The wicked witch had a voice that the wicked witch is not supposed to have. If Mariah Carey or Whitney Houston played the witch I dont think that they could have hit some of the notes that she did. She was amazing! The rest of the cast was equally as good too.
On Friday we went to Regent's Park. Queen Mary's Gardens are inside the Park. There are like over 40,000 roses in the park in any color you can think of. It is a really pretty place. We enjoyed our little stroll through the park and we listened to water fall from the fountains and the birds sing their songs and children playing in the background.
Saturday was an extremely long day for the two of us. We went on an 11 hour day trip to Windsor Castle, Bath, and Stonehenge. Windsor Castle was massive. In the castle where so many royal parties have been thrown, we saw the Queen's doll house and the stateroom apartments. The detail that goes into decorating here in England is so hard to understand. Every design is to tedious and made with perfect precision.
Also, we got there just in time to catch the changing of the guards at Windsor, which was a nice little bonus. They too, take every step they make with precision and authority. Nothing here is out of place, when it comes to royalty or patrol.
From there we went to Bath, which is an old Roman city in Bath, England. There are beautiful water falls and community bathing facilities in the middle of what is, in my opinion, one of the prettiest places we have yet to visit. You know from the construction of the building and the design that went in to the drainage systems of the baths that the Romans had to build it. Bath is one city that you have to go to if you ever visit England.
From there it was on to Stonehenge. Completely different than what I had expected. I expected Stonehenge to be up on a hill, sort of on its own pedestal. Maybe a hill that had sidewalks laid in circles around the hill that spiraled up to the stones. Some sort of holy place that was a world heritage site so precious that only few felt worthy enough to enter. I was wrong, wrong, wrong, oh did I say WRONG. Ok enough of that, I was just wrong. Stonehenge should be in TEXAS! Before you go off and get mad at me, let me explain. We took some country road for about an hour. We past pasture after pasture of farmland. Some places had countless heads of cattle while others had goats or sheep and still one guy had a pig farm with pigs that were bigger than cows. Let just say, that our ride to Stonehenge made me feel like I was back a home for a little while except for all of the beautiful green trees that seems to fall off the horizon and the rolling hills that make Texas look one dimensional. Stonehenge is set in the middle of a pasture in the middle of no where. And although its not set up on some holy hill, it was nice to see what has been in question for all these years. And no I dont have an opinion after going there as to what it was for but it was nice to visit.
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
PT 2
So after the tour of Rome by bus we ate at HardRock Cafe! Let me just say that we felt like we were at home for about an hour and a half! For starters (appetizer) we had southwest egg rolls with salsa and ranch dressing that were amazing! For our main course Lauren had a chicken sandwich and I had a bacon and cheddar hickory burger that was so big I couldn't finish it. I had to eat it with a fork and knife, which is quite common in this part of the world anyways. I guess people do not eat food with their hands because of germs. Thats just my guess though. The fritas or french fries that came with the food were definitely American style. Everything about HardRock was American. Even the drinks at HardRock were Shrek sized with ice! This was definitely our splurge in Rome which was quite nice because dinning in Rome was cheaper than anywhere else that we have been too. After dinner we decided to stop by a gelateria down the street from our hostel and see what all the fuss about gelato was about. It was nasty! definitely not what people made it out to be. Needless to say we were disappointed and decided that we would wait until we were back home to get some real ice cream.
On sunday we booked a walking tour of Rome which included the Coliseum, the Roman Forum and the Emperial Palace. I will only talk about the colusiem due to the length of this blog but the rest of the tour was awesome. So for the coliseum which was our first stop. It was massive, beautiful, over powering, bare, breath taking, and any other word that describe the indescribable. It is amazing to see such massive buildings and wonder how anyone erected them with such little technology. There weren't any cranes to help these people do it. It was all built by hand and I can't imagine how it was done. We learned so much about the structure of the coliseum and how they used concrete for the first time with bricks in an attempt to earthquake proof it. Which by the way, was pretty successful. I wont go into all the details in writing but it was absolutely amazing!
After visiting the Coliseum, we stopped by Trevi Fountain to see it at night and make a wish as we tossed a coin into the fountain for good luck. While we were there, we found another gelateria that looked so good that we had to give it one more try. This is where we found something way better than ice cream. I had Carmel first and had to go back for another scoop of Coconut. I'm not a fan of coconut anything but this was the best dessert ever. Lauren had vanilla with chocolate syrup and she was in heaven she loved it! It is the only thing that she would ever give up ice cream for. So I take back everything I said about it before, and if you ever get the chance, you have to try it!
Rome has been one of the best and worst parts of our trips. Lauren described Rome as a love/hate relationship due to some issues at our hostel. There is so much to see there in such a small city. If I could go back to Rome or Paris, I would choose Rome in a heartbeat.
On monday we went to the beach for a little while and enjoyed some pictures and lunch before we went back to the airport to get back to our temporary home. Our home for another 11 days.
For class, we visited the Coca Cola plant here in London. They gave us a tour of the plant and showed us their processes which was really fun and interesting. We got to wear goofy hair nets and safety vests.
Today we took a tour of the Lloyd's of London which was one of my favorite tours. Richard Rogers was the man that built the building about 40 years ago. Its a building that was said to be ahead of its time. Still today, I believe it to be ahead of its time. When the initial concept was conceived, they wanted the building to be able to be made into whatever they wanted. They wanted to be able to make offices on any floor or have any floor available for space. So mister Rogers designed the building inside out. All of the toilets, elevators, air conditioning and the such are on the outside of the building, leaving all open space on the inside. Its beautifully designed. From the inside you can see all four outer walls and almost every individual floor. Its really hard to describe. On the outside, what you would call the guts of a building, almost look like works of art. Anyone with interest in design should look up the building and all it marvels.
And lastly, I have to mention our dinner for tonight. We went to the grocery store to pick up some pasta to make for dinner and discovered that Ole Elpaso had made its way into the UK. So we quickly changed our plans and made tacos for dinner. Now it wasnt as good as home made tacos from back home, but it will hold us over until we can get there!
I hope you have enjoyed this blog and that I have not bored you too much! We miss all of you back home dearly and can't wait to see you and tell you all of our stories!
On sunday we booked a walking tour of Rome which included the Coliseum, the Roman Forum and the Emperial Palace. I will only talk about the colusiem due to the length of this blog but the rest of the tour was awesome. So for the coliseum which was our first stop. It was massive, beautiful, over powering, bare, breath taking, and any other word that describe the indescribable. It is amazing to see such massive buildings and wonder how anyone erected them with such little technology. There weren't any cranes to help these people do it. It was all built by hand and I can't imagine how it was done. We learned so much about the structure of the coliseum and how they used concrete for the first time with bricks in an attempt to earthquake proof it. Which by the way, was pretty successful. I wont go into all the details in writing but it was absolutely amazing!
After visiting the Coliseum, we stopped by Trevi Fountain to see it at night and make a wish as we tossed a coin into the fountain for good luck. While we were there, we found another gelateria that looked so good that we had to give it one more try. This is where we found something way better than ice cream. I had Carmel first and had to go back for another scoop of Coconut. I'm not a fan of coconut anything but this was the best dessert ever. Lauren had vanilla with chocolate syrup and she was in heaven she loved it! It is the only thing that she would ever give up ice cream for. So I take back everything I said about it before, and if you ever get the chance, you have to try it!
Rome has been one of the best and worst parts of our trips. Lauren described Rome as a love/hate relationship due to some issues at our hostel. There is so much to see there in such a small city. If I could go back to Rome or Paris, I would choose Rome in a heartbeat.
On monday we went to the beach for a little while and enjoyed some pictures and lunch before we went back to the airport to get back to our temporary home. Our home for another 11 days.
For class, we visited the Coca Cola plant here in London. They gave us a tour of the plant and showed us their processes which was really fun and interesting. We got to wear goofy hair nets and safety vests.
Today we took a tour of the Lloyd's of London which was one of my favorite tours. Richard Rogers was the man that built the building about 40 years ago. Its a building that was said to be ahead of its time. Still today, I believe it to be ahead of its time. When the initial concept was conceived, they wanted the building to be able to be made into whatever they wanted. They wanted to be able to make offices on any floor or have any floor available for space. So mister Rogers designed the building inside out. All of the toilets, elevators, air conditioning and the such are on the outside of the building, leaving all open space on the inside. Its beautifully designed. From the inside you can see all four outer walls and almost every individual floor. Its really hard to describe. On the outside, what you would call the guts of a building, almost look like works of art. Anyone with interest in design should look up the building and all it marvels.
And lastly, I have to mention our dinner for tonight. We went to the grocery store to pick up some pasta to make for dinner and discovered that Ole Elpaso had made its way into the UK. So we quickly changed our plans and made tacos for dinner. Now it wasnt as good as home made tacos from back home, but it will hold us over until we can get there!
I hope you have enjoyed this blog and that I have not bored you too much! We miss all of you back home dearly and can't wait to see you and tell you all of our stories!
Finally a New Blog! PT 1
I am very sorry to have kept all of you waiting so long for a new blog. I hope this one makes up for the lack of blogs that there has been.
I will start with Rome and do not know where I will end. So here goes. We left Paris on saturday morning and got to Rome at about 11 o'clock. While we were coming in for landing i was looking for the coliseum because I wanted to see it from the plane. Unfortunately I never saw the coliseum, but I did get a beautiful view of the coast and the Tyrrhenian Sea while coming in. We took a train from the Airport in Fuimicino to Rome. Once we got to Rome, we decided to eat at a restaurant that was just across the street from our hostel. This place was amazing! The food in France and Italy can't even be compared to London food. London does not deserve to be in the same category.
Then it was time to check-in. Our hostel had massive wooden doors welcoming in visitors that wished to stay. You had to push a button at the door to call the receptionist who let you in. It was so nice..... until we got inside. First of all we tried to pay with a credit card. This was odd to me because most hotels are paid for after the stay, not before. Anyways, they didn't take credit cards because "their machines were down." Well I knew we would be there for two nights so I asked him how long they would be down, can we just pay before we leave? He said they will be down for several months, we are in the process of changing banks. Clue number one, changing banks doesn't take several months for a fully functioning business. Oh well, I went and pulled cash out of the ATM and paid in cash.
Next we get into our room which brings me a list of problems that I was so furious about, all Lauren could do was laugh at me. We were on the first floor which meant that in the 100 degree heat of Rome I couldn't open my window to get a breeze. Anyone from the street could hop in my window. We had our own bathroom and toilet (which took 13 minutes to figure out how to flush.) But private or not, it was nasty. The beds were uncomfortable and when I laid down I saw what had to of been a painting from someone in the 1st century. Needless to say, this was not suitable.
So, my body poured with sweat as I sat in my room looking up hotels in Rome. I was not able to find anything else so we decided that it would have to do. We situated all of our belongings and headed off for our bus tour!
The bus tour was as opposite as you can get from our hostel. Rome is very old and dirty, but so beautiful on so many levels. You have to have an imagination in Rome because structure is mostly the only thing left. But on our tour we saw so many places. We saw the Vatican, Basilica Santa Maria, Coliseum, Pantheon and everything else. These places are massive. We Loved our bus tour as well as Rome after the tour.
I will stop here for now because Lauren and I are about to head out for class. i will continue Part 2 tonight after class....
I will start with Rome and do not know where I will end. So here goes. We left Paris on saturday morning and got to Rome at about 11 o'clock. While we were coming in for landing i was looking for the coliseum because I wanted to see it from the plane. Unfortunately I never saw the coliseum, but I did get a beautiful view of the coast and the Tyrrhenian Sea while coming in. We took a train from the Airport in Fuimicino to Rome. Once we got to Rome, we decided to eat at a restaurant that was just across the street from our hostel. This place was amazing! The food in France and Italy can't even be compared to London food. London does not deserve to be in the same category.
Then it was time to check-in. Our hostel had massive wooden doors welcoming in visitors that wished to stay. You had to push a button at the door to call the receptionist who let you in. It was so nice..... until we got inside. First of all we tried to pay with a credit card. This was odd to me because most hotels are paid for after the stay, not before. Anyways, they didn't take credit cards because "their machines were down." Well I knew we would be there for two nights so I asked him how long they would be down, can we just pay before we leave? He said they will be down for several months, we are in the process of changing banks. Clue number one, changing banks doesn't take several months for a fully functioning business. Oh well, I went and pulled cash out of the ATM and paid in cash.
Next we get into our room which brings me a list of problems that I was so furious about, all Lauren could do was laugh at me. We were on the first floor which meant that in the 100 degree heat of Rome I couldn't open my window to get a breeze. Anyone from the street could hop in my window. We had our own bathroom and toilet (which took 13 minutes to figure out how to flush.) But private or not, it was nasty. The beds were uncomfortable and when I laid down I saw what had to of been a painting from someone in the 1st century. Needless to say, this was not suitable.
So, my body poured with sweat as I sat in my room looking up hotels in Rome. I was not able to find anything else so we decided that it would have to do. We situated all of our belongings and headed off for our bus tour!
The bus tour was as opposite as you can get from our hostel. Rome is very old and dirty, but so beautiful on so many levels. You have to have an imagination in Rome because structure is mostly the only thing left. But on our tour we saw so many places. We saw the Vatican, Basilica Santa Maria, Coliseum, Pantheon and everything else. These places are massive. We Loved our bus tour as well as Rome after the tour.
I will stop here for now because Lauren and I are about to head out for class. i will continue Part 2 tonight after class....
Friday, July 23, 2010
Bonjour!
OK, here goes my post from yesterday. As many of you know, we were quite afraid when we arrived in Paris. By the way, let me start out by saying that a nine hour flight from the US to London, England has less cultural change, than a two hour train ride from London to Paris, France. It is amazing to me how so much changes in such a short jot across the pond. French is the first language and sortie(Exit) is the only word I know. Oh yeah, and bonjour. (hello) Anyways, there is a definite language barrier between the US and France. Maybe this is why we do not get along so well!?! Other than the language barrier, Paris is a nice place. The food is great and the scenery is very different from London.
Starting with yesterday. There is a local bakery right outside of our hotel room that is wonderful! They have any kind of pastry you could want. You can get a pastry with: jam, chocolate, almonds, caramel, raisins, powder sugar and on and on and on. They also have all sorts of candy to choose from too. But since we were there for breakfast, we chose one that had raisins, one with jam and one with powdered sugar. They were all so good that I could not choose a favorite.
From there we went to the Eiffel Tower to see what everyone rants about. People either love it or hate it. We happened to be indifferent towards the structure. The steel tower doesn't seem to belong where it is. Nonetheless, it's there, and its not too ugly. So, indifference it is.
After we were satisfied with the time we spent at the tower, we decided to take a bus tour of the city. Donc, nous avons vu à Paris en bus. (So, we saw Paris by bus) Ok, its not a good as what it sounds, but it was nice. There are definitely bright points all around this city. The Seine River is very pretty, but full of boats moving cargo through it. The Louvre, the largest museum in the world, is a pretty place. We went to see the Louvre, but did not go in. After that, we hopped back on the bus and went to the next sight, which is one we really enjoyed. The chapel of Notre Dame was beautiful. We were lucky enough to have entered the chapel right in the middle of thursday mass. I didn't even know they had mass on thursday, but it was something to see and hear. The choruses that were sung, echoed throughout the chapel as it did at St. Pauls Cathedral, but something was different about this church. I still can't figure out what it is that made this chapel so different. The lighting of the church came through stained glass windows with a certain ambiance that was silencing. All we could do was look around and absorb as much of what we saw as we could. If you are ever in Paris, this is a must visit.
From there we went to the Opera house de Paris. It is similar to the structures throughout Paris but still stands alone in terms of beauty. I don't know where the money that built this city came from, but they must still be paying for it. No not really. The rulers before our time obviously had an expensive taste. Most every large structure here is copper that is so old it has a marbleized green and brown swirl to it, or it is gold plated. By far the most gold I have ever seen.
This next part brings me to my favorite part of the city, the Champs Elysees. Champs Elysees is a very upscale part of town lined with shopping centers and dinning as far as the eye can see. We stopped for ice cream, because Lauren loves her ice cream! We split a strawberry banana something or other ice cream dessert that was amazing.
Shortly after that, we took the metro (which is a whole other mess within itself) back to our hotel to relax before the sun went down and Paris came alive.
I know this is getting rather long, so i will try and wrap this up without missing our favorite part. The Eiffel tower at night! You may be sitting here thinking to yourself, "didn't he say he was indifferent?" Yes I did, and now I take that all back. Across the street from the tower is a little carousel that goes round and round all day and night. Next to the carousel is a place that I would go round and round all night if it was possible. This crepe stand is amazing. Crepes are a very thin pancake folded in half and stuffed with an kind of goodness you can think of before its folded in half once more. My crepe was filled with strawberry jam that was to die for. By far the best dessert since I have been in Europe. Lauren had the Eiffel Tower which consisted of a chocolate filled crepe topped with whipped cream, making it look sort of like a scoop of ice cream perched atop a chocolate filled pancake. Boy these desserts are amazing! I can see Steve in dessert heaven right now.
So we ate "creep," as I like to call them and then sat in the middle of the park that faces the Eiffel Tower. At night everyone brings champagne, wine, beer, cheese and crackers or anything else they wish and enjoy as they watch the tower light up the night sky. The tower is beautiful at night. At the top of every hour starting at 10, the tower starts to sparkle. For five minutes flashes of light come from the tower, and it looks like a million camera flashes going off everywhere. So Lauren and I enjoyed our bottle of wine among several thousand people as we watched the tower sparkle. We loved it so much that we are going back here in about 30 minutes to catch it one last time. This is our last night in Paris so we hope to enjoy it and look forward to our trip to Rome in the morning!
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Yesterday.
Yesterday we went to a little town called Belvedere for our business class. We went to a place called Thames Innovation Center, which is a non-profit organization designed to help small businesses start-up. Basically they provide general service to individuals who wish to start a small business that push them towards success. They only provide these services to individuals who live in the borough that they are apart of. So you go to them and they start you out in for seminars that cover all the basics. After you complete the workshops, you are assigned an agent that is there to assist you in any questions you may have. They help to find funding, teach you how to market to your target market, and so on. It is really a nice concept designed for growth within the community.
After school we came home and studied a little bit until some friends on our trip asked us to go to dinner. We went to a nice restaurant, probably the most Americanized restaurant we have found, and ate dinner. By Americanized, I mean that your glass was full of ice, the restroom actually said "restroom" instead of "toilets," and they had all kinds of specials to choose from. Come to find out, the reason why the other people wanted to go was because they have 2-4-1 pizzas on tuesday night. So, tuesday marked the third day in a row for pizza. Although I am not burned out on pizza at the moment, I will not be having pizza until I get to Rome. I have always wanted true Italian food, so I cant wait!
Anyways, we have a meeting this morning for class where we will discuss how our final exam will be laid out and what we can expect from it. We will also discuss what our individual topics will be for a research paper on British Studies. After then I will attempt to finish my final paper that is due for today. We had to read 4 articles from a selection that was given to us and write a 2 page paper over each article. It would not have been bad if the articles did not put us to sleep. So between our meeting this morning and the class this afternoon, I will finish my last paper and start packing for Paris! Directly after class we will leave the campus and head for the Eurostar which will have us in Paris at 10 o'clock tonight! I hope to be able to write for you guys while we are there and apologize for not writing yesterday. We have been super busy trying to get our papers done before we leave, but we can now enjoy the rest of our trip!
After school we came home and studied a little bit until some friends on our trip asked us to go to dinner. We went to a nice restaurant, probably the most Americanized restaurant we have found, and ate dinner. By Americanized, I mean that your glass was full of ice, the restroom actually said "restroom" instead of "toilets," and they had all kinds of specials to choose from. Come to find out, the reason why the other people wanted to go was because they have 2-4-1 pizzas on tuesday night. So, tuesday marked the third day in a row for pizza. Although I am not burned out on pizza at the moment, I will not be having pizza until I get to Rome. I have always wanted true Italian food, so I cant wait!
Anyways, we have a meeting this morning for class where we will discuss how our final exam will be laid out and what we can expect from it. We will also discuss what our individual topics will be for a research paper on British Studies. After then I will attempt to finish my final paper that is due for today. We had to read 4 articles from a selection that was given to us and write a 2 page paper over each article. It would not have been bad if the articles did not put us to sleep. So between our meeting this morning and the class this afternoon, I will finish my last paper and start packing for Paris! Directly after class we will leave the campus and head for the Eurostar which will have us in Paris at 10 o'clock tonight! I hope to be able to write for you guys while we are there and apologize for not writing yesterday. We have been super busy trying to get our papers done before we leave, but we can now enjoy the rest of our trip!
Monday, July 19, 2010
So today was not a normal class day for Lauren and I. After being here for a week and a half now, our coordinators of this trip scheduled a walking tour of London. How convenient. Now that I have walked the entire city of London, twice, and taken a bus tour I might add, we get to walk it once more. This one was different though, we were led by a guide we have not been led by yet and hear that he knows exactly the same history of every other tour guide we have visited with. Yippy! No it's not as bad as it sounds. Our tour today took us through a few parts of town that we have not yet walked through and added a few extra tidbits of information that we have not already heard. And although the four hour walking tour of London was a bit tiring, we did get to see a few places that we would not have ventured to outside of a group led tour. Places that i could not find again unless I really tried hard to find. So lets just leave this at, "been there, done that, but I didn't get the t-shirt."
What does amaze me so much about this city is that everybody here knows the history of the city. I know they know their history because I get the same story about every building, fixture or monument erected here from multiple people. Anyways, after we toured the city, we went to Camden market to see what all the talk about the markets really is. Camden town is a place that is lined with little huts one after another full of clothing, hats, drinks, food, artwork, and just about anything else you might wish to find. Lets just say it's one heck of a flea market that extends farther than the eye can see. You actually can find some decent stuff at this circus too!
But since today was not all that exciting and I did not get to blog yesterday, I will tell you about our adventures from yesterday! We decided to go to the zoo since animals are amongst one of my favorite things to watch. The London Zoo is laid out is several different sections with all types of exotic birds placed throughout the park. When we first got there we headed over to the otters for feeding time. These little blobs of an animal scurried over logs and under rocks darting towards pieces of meat that were thrown into their pin. As cute as they might seem, I would hate to see what would happen if you took their piece of meat from them. From there we toured Africa and saw wart hogs, giraffes, okapis, and many more animals with origins of Africa. We walked through a cage full of birds as they flew over our heads and landed in the trees all around us. Honestly after seeing as many birds as I saw at this zoo, I don't care to see another bird ever again. Birds are just nasty. We walked across the park to see lions, tigers, emus, reptiles, fish and on and on and on. We planned our walk around the park so that we could finish just in time to see my favorite part of the whole zoo trip. We saw my mothers favorite animal, something that's close to Lauren's heart, the PENGUINS! These little fellers knew it was time to eat! They lined up about ten minutes before their waiter came with sardines. Just about all 36 of them lined up on the edge of the pool waiting for their food. When the waiter made his grand entrance, the penguins went crazy. Some of them ran to greet him while those that were in the back dove into the water to pass the one in the front that were running. Anyways, we had a great time and enjoyed every minute of the zoo.
Also yesterday was the first time we rode in the "Famous Black Cabs" of London. The cab was actually really clean and it was funny to try and stay in our seat as he took us through the round-abouts and corners like he was Mario Andretti.
As for now, we are busy trying to finish some papers that are due on Wednesday so I am not sure how much blogging we will get in. We have four papers due by wednesday, which is the same day we leave for Paris! We will be sure and take lots of pictures as many of you have asked and keep all of you updated!
We miss Texas! Eat for us this evening, we could stand some good mexican food!
What does amaze me so much about this city is that everybody here knows the history of the city. I know they know their history because I get the same story about every building, fixture or monument erected here from multiple people. Anyways, after we toured the city, we went to Camden market to see what all the talk about the markets really is. Camden town is a place that is lined with little huts one after another full of clothing, hats, drinks, food, artwork, and just about anything else you might wish to find. Lets just say it's one heck of a flea market that extends farther than the eye can see. You actually can find some decent stuff at this circus too!
But since today was not all that exciting and I did not get to blog yesterday, I will tell you about our adventures from yesterday! We decided to go to the zoo since animals are amongst one of my favorite things to watch. The London Zoo is laid out is several different sections with all types of exotic birds placed throughout the park. When we first got there we headed over to the otters for feeding time. These little blobs of an animal scurried over logs and under rocks darting towards pieces of meat that were thrown into their pin. As cute as they might seem, I would hate to see what would happen if you took their piece of meat from them. From there we toured Africa and saw wart hogs, giraffes, okapis, and many more animals with origins of Africa. We walked through a cage full of birds as they flew over our heads and landed in the trees all around us. Honestly after seeing as many birds as I saw at this zoo, I don't care to see another bird ever again. Birds are just nasty. We walked across the park to see lions, tigers, emus, reptiles, fish and on and on and on. We planned our walk around the park so that we could finish just in time to see my favorite part of the whole zoo trip. We saw my mothers favorite animal, something that's close to Lauren's heart, the PENGUINS! These little fellers knew it was time to eat! They lined up about ten minutes before their waiter came with sardines. Just about all 36 of them lined up on the edge of the pool waiting for their food. When the waiter made his grand entrance, the penguins went crazy. Some of them ran to greet him while those that were in the back dove into the water to pass the one in the front that were running. Anyways, we had a great time and enjoyed every minute of the zoo.
Also yesterday was the first time we rode in the "Famous Black Cabs" of London. The cab was actually really clean and it was funny to try and stay in our seat as he took us through the round-abouts and corners like he was Mario Andretti.
As for now, we are busy trying to finish some papers that are due on Wednesday so I am not sure how much blogging we will get in. We have four papers due by wednesday, which is the same day we leave for Paris! We will be sure and take lots of pictures as many of you have asked and keep all of you updated!
We miss Texas! Eat for us this evening, we could stand some good mexican food!
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