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Visiting (and Temporarily Losing) Friends- Pt. 1
... but it just wasn't exciting.
After we left the Tower, we saw a big, black raven on the Green. It was honestly the size of a big cat/small dog. Terrifying. There is a superstition that goes along with the ravens, that if they fly away, the monarchy and Britain will fall. It sounds alright, but when you notice that the raven is tied to its post and the rest of the flock is kept in a cage, it feels a bit like cheating...
The ...
Tea for Two and Two for Tea
This morning we woke up to partly cloudy skies. Hannah continues to wake up at 4am daily; she only got about 4 hours of sleep last night. But, it was made well by a loud meowing coming from the hallway around 6am. It was Brian, one of their 2 cats, crying out for loves. Hannah got up and called him in the room. After some petting, Brian and then Hannah fell back to sleep.
We went downstairs to enjoy the breakfast stairs and ...
Beach Volleyball My First Olympic Event
... was right over the Eye of London. Wow, what a start to a great night. We continued on our way and as we got closer we were herded like cattle with people telling us exactly where to go.
We made it through security and we were in. Neither Emzy or I had eaten dinner, I headed to get some fish and chips and she went and got a beef sandwich. It is a great moment when you can eat fish and chips while watching beach volleyball.
Our seats ...
Random Nuggets Of Information
... have to have a license to operate a ******* umbrella. I'm not even ******** you, you should have to pass a test or something with mandatory modules being "Navigating A Busy Street Without Removing The Eyeballs Of Strangers" and "Spacial Awareness: No Actually, You Don't Own The ******* Footpath."
Oh, and apparently London isn't very well equipped to deal with snow, I found this one out the hard way when it snowed one night back in ...
Back to London
... Spain in the soccer final, he appeared in the morning waving a white hanky! Great bloke - a Honda rider too! We had a bit of a wait for the ferry to arrive, and once all the passengers were off and the staff cleaned up, we we boarded and settled in for the ninety minute crossing! Again the trip was calm as could be - Mumsie can thank her lucky stars that all four ferry trips have been as flat as a tack!!! Once in Dover we retrieved our luggage, boarded ...