Monday, May 3, 2010

More fishy pictures





Here are a few more pictures and a video from the Georgia Aquarium but only because I cant transfer pics to the laptop without the PS2 - it is dead due to a missing charger. (I hate proprietary products....*Ahh..AHH-Sony!!*) We managed to take about 120 pictures today but cant get them off the Sony camera....AARGH!

We had a great day, starting with a long sleep in to avoid the jetlag, then toured the city on a double decker tour bus, with our first stop being the London Eye. The London Eye is a ferrys wheel on steriods; it has fully air conditioned pods instead of seats. We got a fantastic vantage point from the top and planned out our day from there. After walking around a bit and ducking out of a rain shower by zooming into "the Zen Cafe", we jumped on a tour boat (included in the deal with the tour bus) travelled down (up?) the thames to the Tower of London. This is where the royalty of the 13th century beheaded and tortured the citizens and future aires to the throne for doing things like speaking to the wrong people. The most loved characters on the premise are the royal ravens... it's true, look it up!

We ate dinner at the Sherlock Holmes Pub after walking around a bunch more, then back to the hotel for the night. On the way back we noticed that the Musical "Wicked" is on right next to Victoria Station and that they may have tickets for tomorrow night. We will check at 10am as they release 25 front row tickets on performance day at 10am for public purchase @ half price.

Un-Scientific Survey
bathrooms:
The ones at the tower of London are 800 years old and are in need of updating and cleaning, just up the hill, you can pay 50p to pee in a really clean "pod" but it suck if there is no toilet paper...

Commencials:
mostly cleaver, a few cheezy *american*

Food / Menu:
Although Btitish food is not known as being very tasty, we have had fantastic fish and chips, shepeard pies, hotdogs, sushi, and italian aranicos. OK prices

Service / Kindness
We have yet to meet any unfriendly people and in general everyone seems to be very smilling, pleasant and helpful.

Public Transit:
Super!! Love the tube, but "mind the gap", clean, easy to navigate and pretty cheap.


That's it for now. more survey notes later.
Cheers



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