THURSDAY 7/16: Fly to NY. Power cord to laptop (only 1.5 years old) breaks during layover, which will delay posting my blog and Nick's pix and videos. Then fly to London.
FRIDAY 7/17: Arrive 12:30p in London (3:30a PST). Take Underground and walk to Crowne Plaza Hotel. Take post intercontinental flight showers! Have dinner at Old Monk's Pub--goat cheese salad for me, chicken sandwich for Nick. Nick chooses the beers: Sundance (no doubt because we saw the U23D premiere there in 2008) and Peroni, in tall glasses. Shop for snacks--luckily we found Nature Valley Crunchy Granola bars, Canadian Maple Syrup flavor. (They are SO good that they become our sustenance when we don't have other food!) Walk in rain to visit Buckingham Palace which is near our hotel. In bed at 7:30p. Asleep by 8:30p but woke up a few hours each.
SATURDAY 7/18: Sleep till 11:30a! English breakfast (sunny side up eggs, canadian bacon, toast, and tomatoes or beans, and coffee or tea) at cafe. Then walk all over town, just to look--didn't do any rides or tours: Parliament Square, Westminster Abbey, Thames River, London Eye, 10 Downing Street, Trafalgar Square, Haymarket, Regent Street, Piccadilly Circle, and Oxford Street. Then dinner at a cafe (sandwich for Nick, salad for me, and smoothies). Then walk back to hotel via Hyde Park (where I saw Live-8 four years ago). We stay awake through middle of night.
SUNDAY 7/19: Up late. Breakfast at cute restaurant. Shop before leaving. Walk to Underground. Flight to Amsterdam delayed a bit.
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