Meh. No biggy. Toured London in the nippy weather with Jamie's two friends, Vanessa and Caitlin. This city is filled to the brim and overflowing with history; every building and every lane had a story to tell. We ate lunch in the famed Hard Rock Cafe--an eatery where rock legends come to eat and play. After lunch we walked through Hyde Park, the largest park in metropolitan London. At this incredible park, they had a Winter Wonderland Festival going on, featuring giant ferris wheels, talking trees, and several Santa Clauses. In the park there were several statues, including an incredibly naked statue of Achilles and another statue of St. George with a slayed dragon beneath the hooves of his horse. Both statues were made of French cannons captured from Napoleon during the Napoleonic War. Back on the bus tour, we passed several sweet and gnarly car dealerships for Porsche, Rolls Royce, Ferrari and Bentley (to name a few) that were situated on the bottom floor of office buildings. Next, we drove through Trafalgar Square, past the Nelson Monument; to Big Ben and Westminster Abbey, with the famed London Eye just on the other side of the Thames; and through central London, past the Monument to the victims of the Great Fire of 1666 that burned for 4 days and nights and destroyed much of central London. We got off the bus at the London Tower in order to go on a boat tour down the Thames. We cruised down the Thames towards Big Ben, where we had to take the tube back to our hostel. London is quite a site to see at night, especially Big Ben with it's glowing clock face, and the London Eye, which lights up like a giant ferris wheel. Other sites that we saw throughout the day include the location of Playboy London, the Princess Diana memorial in Hyde Park, a very friendly squirrel and tons of water fowl.--[jesse and colleen]
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