London! Luigi brought the party back!

London Baby!

Before heading out on the town in London with Luigi and Delaine

We pulled into London, out of the Bayswater metro stop, and within 40 steps we managed to bump into Luigi and Delaine as they were picking up some coffee and snacks in a little side shop. Perfect timing. We jumped off to the apparment we rented, just a few steps down the road, dropped off our bags and headed to Hyde park for a couple of hours of walking around to kill time before we could check in and get some much needed sleep for Luigi and Delaine. Turned out that we needed some sleep too, because 3 hours later, we all woke up, and started to get ready for the night out. We made plans to meet up with one of our friend Roberta's friends who lives here in London. So, after a great meal at a pub down the street from the hotel, we were off in search of Maria, whom we had never met before.

We ended up at a big club, just outside of a metro stop. The night was a long party, getting to know Maria, dancing away and catching up with Lu and Delaine. The night ended in the wee hours of the morning and was a great excuse to sleep in... late.

Party

We were up in the afternoon, and cooked a light breakfast in the room and were off to see the Buckingham Palace, Trafalgar square, Picadilly Circus, Westminster Abbey, Big Ben, the Eye of London and all of the other sights in the Westminster area of town. By the time that we were done walking around that day, it was 8pm and time to head back to the hotel and out for dinner.

River Thames

The Queensway avenue right off the hotel is a great place for shops and restaurants. We ducked into a small but busy Indian place. The food was really great, and we ordered many great curries. However, the waiters were awful! You would almost say that they were trying to be rude to you. Maybe it was just a bad day. That night, we decided to hang out at the hotel, and play cards, and have drinks in, to cut down on the millions of dollars that were spent at the nightclub the night before. It was a great night, lots of laughs and tense moments during the card games! Luigi and Chad managed to have the stamina to stay up until dawn! Needless to say, with such a long night, it managed to be another really long sleep in on the second night.

The third day, after sleeping in and another home made breakfast, we were off to the Tower of London, the Tower Bridge and London Bridge. We walked in the Southbank area along the Queensway walk. We saw the Tate Museum, the Globe theater, a few funky districts and a market that was supposed to be really great, if it wasn't that we had arrived hours after it already had closed! We went for dinner at an amazing Thai place and had a quiet night in. It was so great to reconnect with friends, and made us super happy and at the same time sad when we had to part ways with Lu and Delaine. Thanks guys we had a blast!

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ECRadventure on June 23, 2009 from London, United Kingdom

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