London

Ok, ok. So I am not very good at this blog thing. We are now in our tenth day of our trip and I have yet to write anything. I suppose I should give you the brief overview of our London trip....

Well, it was fabulous. We were there 3 nights and 4 days and did all of the touristy stuff that people usually do when visiting London. If you want to hear every detail, I will be more than happy to tell you when we get back. :) But for everyone else, I will just give you the highlights of our favorite things we did.

My favorite spot in all of London is Trafalgar Square. It has these huge lion statues and fountains and tons of people (probably mostly tourists) just hanging out. On one side of the Square is the National Gallery Museum. It is free to go into and holds a lot of original paintings by famous artists....Van Gogh, Renior, Monet, etc. I'm not sure why I like Trafalgar Square so much....I guess it just has a feeling of "London" when we're there.

I think I can say for both of us that our favorite outing was to see the musical Wicked. We had hoped to see a show, but then tickets were a little more than we wanted to pay (as was EVERYTHING in London!), but we finally gave in and bought them. I'm so glad we did! It was a fantastic show and I highly recommend it to anyone. It's been over a week since we saw it and I still can't get the songs out of my head!

We had found the name of this restaurant in a London book we bought in the states and decided to try to go there. We knew the street name, but it just so happened to be a really LONG street. We walked forever....in the rain...and finally found it. It's a little hole-in-the-wall Italian restaurant called Buona Sera at the Jam. The booths are stacked on top of each other. We got a top booth and had to climb a few stairs to get into it. It was a neat atmosphere...very cozy. The food was pretty good too! Again, highly recommended next time to go to London!

I can tell you this with out even asking him. Todd's favorite thing was riding the double decker busses. We ALWAYS had to sit up top, and hopefully get the front seats. It was a good way to see the city, so we tried to take the bus instead of the tube sometimes. It was also a good rest for our tired feet and an escape from the rain. :)

Of the other things we did: visited the British Museum (Todd really liked), climbed the dome at St. Paul's Cathedral (over 900 steps total....I realized how out of shape I am :)), saw all the "Londony" sights- Big Ben & Parliament, Westminster Abbey, Tower of London, Buckingham Palace, Tower Bridge, Hyde Park and rode the London Eye.

Overall, we had a great time. It's fun to travel when you are married.
So now you know about London...maybe tomorrow I'll update you on Baku! :)