The "Chill" Day

The fourth and final day in London and we are doing our best to wind things down, finish what we wanted to see and get up early tomorrow morning to get on out of here. We began our morning late. Late breakfast (even though we didn't really want to eat it), late start and we were off. Please take notice of the giant breakfast each morning... after 4 days of it Kristen is doing her best to enjoy it... and... the nemesis is BACK!

WE discovered that weekend London is MUCH more crowded than week London. The subways are CRAZY! We like week London much better! We began the day in Notting Hill. It's one of our favotire movies so we (or maybe just I) was so excited to see the Travel Book Shop from the movie. I actually stood in front of it and made Blake act out scenes with me! Just kidding! But I did say "Blake, I'm just a girl standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her."

Then, we ate the dish that I think has the most possible calories that can be squeezed onto a paper plate! Portabella Market is full of street vendors selling fresh fruits and vegetables and of course crepes! Instead of being good like all the skinny Europeans and getting fresh fruit, we of course went straight for the crepes. That's right, crepes with caramel and bananas and half a bottle of whipped cream. Yeah, the market was full of all sorts of fun vendors and antique shops. Unfortunately, since we couldn't afford vintage China or $800 antique maps, we just looked and ate our sticky paper plate full of goodness.

Even after crepes, we of course went to eat lunch. We actually found the OLDEST Pub in Kensington, which is where the fancy people of London live. We thought it was old like 500 years old... but little did we know we'd found the Luby's of London! When we got there at 2, it looked good. But then after about 15 minutes the dinner crowd started pouring in. Blake swears he heard one ask for the carrot and raisin salad! It was full of old old Irish people and guys that could drink Blake under the table! It was called The Goat, more like the OLD goat.

In order to work off our fish-n-chips and pie (mmmm... puff pastry) we took a walk through Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park. We saw Kensington Palace, where Princess Diana lived. After, we took off to Oxford Street. This is basically where all the uppity Euros and tourists, and those who wish to be, go to shop. Of course, all the $$$ shops are in this area. One in particular that we went to, Hamley's, the largest toy store in London. It was fun, but it had to be a parent's worst nightmare. We walked the floors and looked at everything but left quickly.

Then of course, we ate some more. Kristen had wanted to do afternoon tea service, so we found a small place across from Harrod's and had afternoon tea. Let's just say that afternoon tea is not cheap. But according to Kristen, it was good. Now we can call ourselves true British visitors. Fish-n-chips and afternoon tea!

For our last night in London we're going to head to see the Tate Modern, which is full of weird modern art I don't think even we'll get and then to a nice restaurant with a view overlooking the Thames. After a nice stroll down the river to see the sights all lit up, we'll call it a night and get ready for our 4 a.m. taxi to Victoria train station. We're averaging about 5 hours a night anyway, so why stop now! It will be a nice way to say bye to London.

It's been a great trip! We'll see you all soon!