A bit derailed
I haven’t posted since Sunday because I picked up a nasty cold, and it has really affected what we have gotten to do.
After leaving Dublin yesterday, we caught a short flight to London. The city is awesome — the combo of old and new, similar to New York city but not quite. We took a walk through the theater district and purchased some discount tickets to see We Will Rock You, the Queen musical. Chris really wanted to see it, I would have preferred seeing Kelly Osbourne in Chicago but I have been a drag the last few days so I let him choose.
We ate dinner at a great little cozy restaurant and checked out a pub. It was a great night.
Today, we got up will all the intentions to see the major sights of London. First we went to the Tower of London, which was fascinating, and we got a great historical tour from a Beefeater (a Yeomen Warder) — guards of the Tower of London.
My favorite highlight was seeing the crown jewels. The royals definitely had some bling going on. We saw what is the second world’s largest diamond, 530 carats!! It was unreal.
We also saw the axe that beheaded Anne Boleyn, and I just finished reading a historial fiction about her — so that was cool in a grisly sort of way.
After the Tower of London we went to Westminster to take a look at Big Ben.
Then that was about all the excitement I could handle. We’re heading to the theatre soon (hopefully with a quick stop at Harrods first for some shopping), and will grab a late bite to eat before coming back to the hotel to pack.
We will definitley need to come back to London sometime time, we only got to scratch the tiniest of surfaces here and there is much more I would like to see.
Tomorrow, we head to Paris!