Gold Nuggets.

Good things today. For starters, sixty degrees and sunny. Can't ask for much more from London in February, huh? We slept in - mostly on accident, but foreign sleep still feels really nice.. Anyway, we decided to join the tourist crowds (which I'm sure were much smaller than summer months) at London Tower, where we spent a good 3 hours reminiscing on past AP Euro studies as we walked through the Old Fort. We followed a tour given by a Warder - a guard of the Tower - and were cheerily reminded of the rich, powerful, gory, English history - a history that, according to the Warder, could have been American's history as well if we had only paid our taxes...

Anyway, London Bridge isn't nearly as cool or stylish as Tower Bridge. St. Paul's Cathedral is really huge and Catholic. "Wellingston's" is the best place for some good fish-n-chips; my video camera is the best purchase I have ever made; Tim still doesn't know how to use a payphone, Starbucks in London makes life better - yes Wayne, better; the Crown Jewels are a bit excessive in my mind - who would enjoy walking around with two tons of gold nuggets strapped to them?; beheadings, hangings, stretchings, and quartering must have been quite the show for the mindless minions of the British Monarchy, bringing scooters with us on the trip would have been a solid decision, they always have to put ridiculous gift shops in every nook and cranny of historical buildings, Mind the Gap, and for real, God save the Queen.

It's been a long day and tomorrow we leave for Paris at 7:30 AM, so I am done for now. London has been a great time and an excellent choice for our first stop. But don't take my word for it - check out Tim's blog at http://www.xanga.com/terickson44 if you feel like reading something a little more witty...