London take TWO!!

Sorry about the late update. My computer's wireless lan driver decided to completely vanish overnight somehow, so I've been doing all my online stuff at the library for the past while. Before I resort to actually calling customer support, anyone got any suggestions?

Okay, so unfortunately there'll be no pictures this round, but I'll post them when my computer's back up and running I'll get those up.

But, back to the good stuff. My totally awesome friends Michelle and Audrey (note back to the pancake party the night before I left) came up the England during their fall break and I got to hang out with them last weekend in London before they left. It was AWESOME!! So now, we had all already done the cheesy touristy things so we spend friday and saturday shopping!! (well, or atleast window shopping) We stopped at London's center of all shopping centers Harrods where we spend a good part of the day dreaming and admiring all the designer labels. They had pretty much anything and everything, from clothes, to furniture, you name it. That part was fun, but we were all more concerned with Harrod's FOOD center. It was amazing; cheeses, chocolates, olives, bread, jams, teas, pastries, sausages, seafood, you name it! And best of all, they let you sample everything! They even let you have whole chocolate truffles for tasters. Not just the kind where they get a truffle, smash it up, and give you a crumb, no, they gave you the whole thing! *drool... amazing. So we left Harrods with a good armload of chocolates, cheeses, and jams, and hoped they would last the trip home.

Perhaps the highlight of the trip, though, was Friday night's performance of Chicago! We got cheap reduced tickets at a place called tkts (note for anyone interested in taking trips to London any time soon, hint hint) and grabbed some half priced tickets in the nosebleed section and sat through an awesome performance that evening. The best part about London is that there are always tons of shows playing any night. On Friday there was Les Mis, Phantom of the Opera, the Lion King (which we wanted to see but they weren't offering reduced tickets), and a few others that didn't really catch our eye. Amazing. And, best yet, we found some great little hole in the wall sandwhich and falafal shops that were fantastic. Oh, and some gelato shops, too.

On Saturday, we stopped at shakespeare's globe (man, I really wish I could show you the pictures) and got a cool guided tour through the theatre and later wandered around the museum. The theatre itself was a modern recreation, but it was built exactly as it would have back in Shakespeare's day. It even had a thatched roof! After shakespeare, we wandered around Covent Garden, a cool market with tea shops, toy stores, and jewelry stands. There were always a ton of street musicians on the street, and most of them were actually pretty good. My favorite was a celtic string group that played a bunch of Irish gigs and whatnot.

Okay, the library's kicking me out now (can't use the computers past 7:30) but see you later!