Most walking...ever

These past two days have consisted of looooots of walking. Yesterday we saw lots of major touristy attractions here in London. We saw Big Ben and the houses of parliament. We even went in to parliament and watched the House of Commons for a few minutes. It wasn't the most exciting debate (they were talking about some sort county boundary issue I think) and most members weren't present, but it was was kind of cool in any place.

In general, all the government buildings are very old, large, and ornate. One can definitely see the history of London in all of its buildings. Quite impressive. We also checked out the national museum and saw the Rosetta stone.

In the evening we went and saw Avenue Q! It was hilarious! It was also a really nice break from walking around. After the show, we went to a pub and had some good beer. Then it was on to a club called The Verve. It's interesting that 99% of the music was American music. We stayed there for a while and then the fun actually began.... and by fun I mean walking around for 2 hours trying to figure out how the bus system works and where the bus we needed to take actually stopped. We finally made it home around 3am.

Today was a much lighter day. We got going pretty late around 11am. I had a traditional British entree called 'Bangers and Mash' which is sausage and mashed potatoes. Though its presentation left something to be desired, it was really quite delicious. I'd definitely eat it again.

It just so happened to be Pride day in London, so after lunch we went to watch the parade and such. It was pretty cool. I think that Europeans have a special fondness for whistles. Everyone along the route had one and they were all blowing them quite fervently.

It was on and off raining pretty much all day today and currently still is. Tomorrow morning at about 8:30am we are off to Brussels with a connection to Amsterdam from there. Though 3 days was definitely not enough for a full London experience, I'm glad we're moving on. I know I can come back to London at some point for a more focused and in depth tour and this was a great overview. I'm also kind of looking forward to leaving because it's so damn expensive!

That's all for now.
Cheers!

Oh... and they delivered my bag yesterday around 11pm. It was awesome to change clothes and shave and fun things like that!