I thought Paris was fantastic but London is amazing and everyone speaks English!!!!! We arrived to our hotel by London cabbie after getting off the train from Dover at Victoria Station. We both agreed that we should have come here instead of staying the night in Dover. Our hotel/apartment is fantastic - we have a 1 bedroom apartment overlooking the Thames with a view of Big Ben and Westminster Abbey. See pictures!!!
When we arrived, there was white wine being chilled for us with chocolates in our apartment - we have no idea why but we were not going to question. I will take pictures of the apartment tomorrow so you can see what it looks like. We sat on our balcony for a while and then went out for a walk. The concierge at the desk told us about a Turkish restaurant around the corner and it had to be one of the top 3 meals we have had on this trip. I had lamb wrapped in pastry and Dan had Mediterranean shrimp. They brought a bowl of water with lemons and we were both perplexed until we realized it was to wash out fingers in - at first we thought it was some kind of Turkish soup. Stupid Americans!!!
After lunch we took a walk on the Southbank of the river under the London Eye and past about 5 bridges. We went up to the top of the OXO tower and had a drink and decided the view from our apartment was better than their view so we headed back to enjoy our room. There was a great festival going on down at the river celebrating immigrants. There was every food imaginable from every country (Ghana, Carribean, Ethiopian, Indian, etc). And lots of music and street performers.
We are back in our room relaxing and probably will just stay in tonight and enjoy the room with some room service.
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