your oxford bird: daring double decker deeds

so like i said. yesterday (my tuesday) was so incredibly full of the sights, sounds, tastes, and quirks of london that we could hardly stand it.

we did pretty well though!

we started off the day innocently enough.

breakfast at the luna simone is so homey and yummy and perfect.

table service of common english breakfast is such a nice treat early in the morning.

over easy eggs (yuck, but i ate the whites with salt and pepper. yummmm), "bacon" (which to the brits is canadian bacon. our american bacon is called streaky bacon here, and i've yet to see even one strip of it!), also baked beans, toast with butter and jam, tea with milk and sugar, orange juice, and service with a smile from our duenos. whats the english word for that? host? proprieter? anyways its how i think of the two brothers and their son/nephew who own and run this little b&b.

headed down on a nice walk towards victoria station after getting ready and video chatting with my christopher. there we are, walking down to catch our double decker bus tour of the city, when i spot the WICKED theater down the block. suggested going down to see if they offered the lottery, which they didnt, but when the overly starched attendant let us know that we could pick up tickets for L20 (or $32) it took us about five seconds to decide to see it! we bought our tickets with many squeals and giggles, and then headed off to catch our bus.

now i know its a super touristy thing to do, riding a double decker bus around London, snapping pictures at every opportunity- but i was SO okay with looking ridiculous for a bit. the weather was absolutely perfect, sun parting through bluffs of sculpted clouds to kiss our faces, wind tousling our hair as the cheeky guide pointed out anything he fancied along the roads. super funny, heavy-handed on the pop culture version of history, with constant jokes about english parliament, american sports, and that "seeeeeeeeexy tv chef nigella lawson".

so now, without further ado, i'll just post pictures and comment on them so you all can share my privileged view atop a speeding double decker bus, driving on the opposite side of the road, careening me towards pictures from my history texts come to life.