Daniel Fisher // Nothing to see here

We arrived in London a few hours AFTER the Royal Wedding and the place was absolutely going off! Half of the city was closed off to traffic and there were hundreds of thousands of people out in the streets – it was a total party atmosphere!

After checking into our questionable “hotel” and dropping off our stuff, we hit the streets to check off some of the big ticket tourists items. London Eye, Big Ben, Westminster, Buckingham Palace & Picadilly Circus – a great afternoon wandering the physical Monopoly board!

We ended the day with some good English pub food. A steak and ale pie for me, a Yorkshire pudding with beef for Ali.

On our way back to the “hotel”, we wandered passed Her Majesty’s Theatre. Phantom of the Opera was showing and we decided that would be a good way to spend the next night. Seeing a West End show in London was something that we really wanted to do.

Saturday was spent exploring Oxford St and Knightsbridge – taking in a little retail therapy along the way. We’re happy to announce that Ali replaced her destroyed shoes….. with new boots Of course we did the obligatory session at Harrods. It was tempting, but the £96,000 watches were just a little out of our price range.

Saturday night at Phantom of the Opera was FANTASTIC!!!!! Such an awesome performance. Everything was spectacular – the venue, the acting, the singing, the orchestra…… such a great experience ….. One photo pre-show, but definitely nothing during, or after.

Sunday morning was spent wandering around Green Park, where we spotted a few squirrels going about their business. Very cool little furballs:-)

The afternoon was out at Stonehenge, our bus driver was barely fit to drive, but we made it there and back in one piece. We liked it out there, the mystery of the place is really interesting…… just what exactly used to go on there??? who built it??? It was a pretty rubbish day for photos, but we did our best.

All in all, we really enjoyed London. Paris is next – we can’t wait!

D&A

P.S. We’ve put “hotel” in inverted commas because it was very dodgy. Deathtrap stairwells and a bathroom-flooding, mould-infested shower. We spent as little time there as possible!