Would you like this for here or take away?

So it is a Thursday night in SW of London. We just got back from a lovely meal at an Italian restaurant in South Kensington. This is also mere hours after our rendez-vouz with Julian Lloyd Webber. If the last name sounds familiar, its because it is. Besides being the brother of the infamous composer and writer, Andrew, he is also a world renowned cellist and is leaving for a seven concert tour in South Africa this week. He was really a very nice man, very reserved and quite nice, and Lauren and I both noted his unique look. He's probably the prettiest man I've ever met.

On Wednesday Lauren and I visited a variety of famous places, starting with a trip on the London Eye.

Its pretty sweet for sure, we got a bunch of pictures of the beautiful city from atop "the world's largest ferris wheel" haha. But really, its awesome.

Obviously we also saw Big Ben and Parliament, and then headed over to the Westminster Abbey. If you are not familiar with the Abbey... you should be. Its full of history and memorials of famous people, and it is also the final resting spot of English royalty and many other important people...like Charles Dickens and G.F. Handel.

So then we made our way over to a lovely pub for lunch where we spotted some of our own kind (Americans) and talked to them for a bit. Naturally we took some London phone booth pictures and what have you and then headed over to Trafalgar Square, down the Mall and then to Buckingham Palace. Overall, we had a very productive and fun day!

Today we went over to Covent Gardens and Piccadilly Circus! It's pretty touristy over there but overall really pretty. We went shopping on Reagent Street, which is kind of like the Michigan Ave of London, only everything is in these awesome historic buildings and its really neat looking!

So tomorrow we are planning a trip up to NW to cross ABBEY ROAD! I'm super excited, as you can guess, because the best album EVER was recorded there! We also might stop by the London Dudgeon and probably Madame Tuassauds as well.

Tomorrow could be a bit busy with trying to pack up and whatnot. I leave for France at 8 am on Saturday and Lauren leaves for Dublin the same day. I'll probably have some time on the train to Avignon to write, so I'll have a post up by Sunday I think. Alright lads and lasses, goodnight!