London

We arrived in London to a really ugly hotel room. It looked like a dorm. We were going to change hotels the next day. After Doug talked to the manager, we moved to a much nicer room with a pretty window to the street. It came with a free breakfast, our first experience with English cuisine. Fried eggs and toast. For lunch we ended up with bacon and salami sandwiches, which consisted of white bread (Webers-like) butter and either bacon or salami for 2 pounds each. The food became better when we learned where to look.

We didn't know it, but our hotel was next door to Europe's largest indoor mall that just opened in October. It is very pretty, and has something for everyone from Prada to Boots (a drug store). They even have grocery stores in the mall. The girls had a lot of fun shopping. They both have outfits that are definitely British and a little bit Austin Powers.


Arielle

Michelle

We went to explore London by using the Tube. Isabelle was really excited. She loves traveling by subway.

Some sites of our first day in London:


A cliche, but we had to have a picture of it


We visited a pirate ship in dry dock

We walked across...

The Tower Bridge

And tried to ride on the top of a double-decker bus, but it was full on top.


We headed back home a bit fearful of English cuisine, and bought KFC instead.

Isabelle was really bundled up on our walks. It was very cold.