Thursday, July 3, 2008

Good day to you mate...

Well I'm in London! Caro and Rose took us to the train station. We had our bags and our little picnic that Caro had prepared for us to eat on the train. The Eurostar took about 1 1/2 hours to get to London. When we arrived in London we bought our Underground Oyster tickets. Once we had our tickets we were off to Jenn and Jorg's (the people whom we are staying with). On our way there we didn't switch trains so we had to get off and go back 2 stops so we could then get onto the correct train. While we waited a nice old man helped us understand which trains went where. Sean talked to him more since the man was talking about more than just train stops. He was rambling on about things for quite a while. Anyways, we got on the right train and then we arrived at the house.

When we arrived we were greeted by their house keeper, Agnes, who is very nice. Their house is located in the center of zone 1 of London (the center of London). Jenn arrived about 30 minutes after we had arrived. We talked with her and said thanks for having us here. She showed us around the house which is very nice. It is 4 stories so it's very big. After settling in and after Jenn had showed us everything she mentioned that Simon Cowell lived a few doors down! She said she knew this because he pet her dog Roxy when she went to walk Roxy one day. So I thought that was pretty cool. Jenn and Jorg also have 2 kids, a boy named Max who is 3 1/2 and a girl named Olivia who is 2. Tonight Jorge, Jenn, Sean, and I had dinner together. We talked for about a good solid 2 hours about tons of stuff. They are very nice and interesting people to talk to! After dinner and dessert we went to go walk their dog, Roxy, around the block to go see Simon's house which was really nice, of course. He had about 4 sports cars in his gated driveway and in front of his house. Then we saw his guard who is supposed to keep the weird people away from his house, chatting away on his cell down by the end of the block. Guess Simon was away.

Since the weather in London isn't the nicest at the moment we are deciding to just stay in tonight and plan our days to come. I cannot wait for what we have planned such as Big Ben, the London Bridge, the Tower Bridge, the London Dungeon Musuem, Buckingham Palace and other cool things. Tomorrow after our visiting, Jenn and Jorg are having a large BBQ with 35 people for the 4th of July. It should be a fun day!

2 comments:

Kevin said...

Maybe you should go outside of Simon Cowell's house and sing your awesome rendition of "I believe I can fly" that you did for Christmas a few years back.

You are totally my idol!

And, also, check out The British Museum. Admission is free and it is awesome.

O! And, the Museum of London. I knew several archaeologists who worked there. It is supposed to be really cool as well.

Jenny said...

Have fun in London! It is a really cool city.

You have to check out Buckingham Palace and try to make the guards crack a smile. You're not supposed to, but it's kind of fun.