London!

Pack everything up and we're outie 5000 e turbo. The one star Hotel Sophia wasn't the worst but we were happy to get out of Paris and I think France in general. We caught the second train out of Paris du Nord to London but we had to wait a while in the station as there was a security issue that delayed everything going out this morning. Needless to say we got hungry and I made several trips to the restaurant car on the ride. I'm not sure about the others but I took a nap and next thing I know we have arrived in Kings Cross station in London. It was considerably warmer and sunny in London. I was sweating something fierce as we walked to our Hostel just a few blocks away. If you've ever been in a coed college dorm then you know what it's like to stay in a Hostel. The only difference here was that not everyone spoke English, though many did, they had a full bar, and people don't bathe as much. We checked in, threw down our stuff into the luggage room because once again our room was not ready, and then killed time in the lounge. Once we got our room we again dropped off our stuff and then took off to go eat- Hungry! Of course what was my first meal?- fish and chips! Not bad, good size portions. You just don't want to think how much it is since the pound is worth $2 USD.

We just started walking. We hung out in a park that was having a choir performance, some social group gatherings and a trailer promoting biking in London. We were waiting to hear from our Aussie friend Amanda who was in town on her way to the Bingham Cup Rugby tournament. We killed some time in a Starbucks talkabout who we would want to see in a perfect concert and them more time in a Lillywhite sporting goods store where I got this cheesy red white and blue London jacket. We crossed the River Thames and walked all the way to the London Eye which we should have gone on but didn't. Next time. After taking a ton of photos we made our way back across the river to see Big Ben. After all the time killing we eventually didn't meet up with Amanda and Geoff tonight because they got too hammered last night but have plans to go on a free walking tour with them tomorrow. Man, it's hot here. It's nice at night though.

Dave and I got hungry again so we walked across the street to grab something. I was going to do a pizza feast but opted for hotwings. Afterwards we went to the hostel bar for a drink and watched Godzilla. Tomorrow it's more Londontown!