Does anyone remember the movie Three Men and a Baby? With Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg (I think), and one other man, and a baby? Tom Selleck plays an architect in it, apparently. This is because the movie was origionally "trois hommes e un bebe", a french film that was written by our current host's sister-in-law. She got the idea after witnessing him (who happens to be an architect) and two other relatives taking care of a local baby (possibly related). Tom Sellecks character is (very) loosely based on him, and we are excited to be in the presence of hollywood royalty.
Our stay in London has definately been a lot higher-class than we anticipated. We spent today on a driving tour with our gracious host John around the greater London area, seeing all of the sights not worth walking to. London is a large, spread out city with neighborhood pockets and some parky-ish spots. Yesterday we gave ourselves a 7 hour walking tour starting in one of these spots, aptly named Green Park. We ventured into Hyde Park where we passed Buckingham Palace on our way to Westminster Abbey, Big Ben, and Parliament Square. Having a limited budget, we focused our attention on the outside of these buildings and can only guess at the wonders they may hold within. Then we ventured across the Westminster Bridge to a long walking promenade along the southern bank of the river. The nice thing about London is that all of the major museums are free, so after sharing a small sandwich for lunch, we took a break inside the Tate Modern. Afterwards, we crossed back over the Tower Bridge, leading to the Tower of London and back into the center of the city.
Last night we decided to splurge and treat ourselves to a late showing of the Simpsons Movie, and it was a nice distraction from how tired our legs were after walking all day. The advertisements before movies in Britain are way more interesting and clever than those across the pond, even for products like Ford, that are based in America. I don't know how we end up getting stuck with all of the Toby Keith "Ford Truck Man" crap.
Today we got up around 10:30 and had a full breakfast courtesy of John at the house. We then began our driving tour and ended it many hours later with tea in a local park. I think we may stay in tonight so we can get all packed up and ready to go for tomorrow, but I can't say for sure because Emily is napping and I don't want to wake her and ask her. After three great days in London, we move on to Paris tomorrow at 1 in the afternoon. I assume it is pretty much going to be the same city except for the Seine runs through it instead of the Thames, but I could be completely off base. I'll have to let you know.
Our stay in London has definately been a lot higher-class than we anticipated. We spent today on a driving tour with our gracious host John around the greater London area, seeing all of the sights not worth walking to. London is a large, spread out city with neighborhood pockets and some parky-ish spots. Yesterday we gave ourselves a 7 hour walking tour starting in one of these spots, aptly named Green Park. We ventured into Hyde Park where we passed Buckingham Palace on our way to Westminster Abbey, Big Ben, and Parliament Square. Having a limited budget, we focused our attention on the outside of these buildings and can only guess at the wonders they may hold within. Then we ventured across the Westminster Bridge to a long walking promenade along the southern bank of the river. The nice thing about London is that all of the major museums are free, so after sharing a small sandwich for lunch, we took a break inside the Tate Modern. Afterwards, we crossed back over the Tower Bridge, leading to the Tower of London and back into the center of the city.
Last night we decided to splurge and treat ourselves to a late showing of the Simpsons Movie, and it was a nice distraction from how tired our legs were after walking all day. The advertisements before movies in Britain are way more interesting and clever than those across the pond, even for products like Ford, that are based in America. I don't know how we end up getting stuck with all of the Toby Keith "Ford Truck Man" crap.
Today we got up around 10:30 and had a full breakfast courtesy of John at the house. We then began our driving tour and ended it many hours later with tea in a local park. I think we may stay in tonight so we can get all packed up and ready to go for tomorrow, but I can't say for sure because Emily is napping and I don't want to wake her and ask her. After three great days in London, we move on to Paris tomorrow at 1 in the afternoon. I assume it is pretty much going to be the same city except for the Seine runs through it instead of the Thames, but I could be completely off base. I'll have to let you know.
2 comments:
Im so so so so jealous, but i LOVE your blogs matthew. im living vicariously through you at the moment :)
Hi Guys,
It is so great to read your adventures and that you are seeing an insiders view of London thanks to your host! Keep the blogs coming they are fun to read and take us away from our somewhat unexciting lives.
Jan
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