Mentionables

A list of exciting moments in London:

• Stepping out of the tube to see Big Ben staring at me, precariously perched as if he was saying "hello!"
• Walking through Kings Cross Station specifically to find platform 9 3/4. (It was there. I realized later that looking for it was more exciting than actually finding it. It was as if we were the kids in the book.)
  
• Riding the London Eye. The views were amazing and thankfully there were only two other people in the "capsule" with us
• Pretending to have a British accent
• Noticing how Samir's British accent was much stronger when he was around his friends/family
• Finding the house where the exterior shots of SPACED were filmed
• Proceeding to quote the show for the remainder of the trip
• Walking through Samir's old college campus and childhood neighborhood

• Attempting to jump onto the lion statues in Trafalgar Square, but failing miserably. (They were so high, and I'm so short...)
• Seeing the red carpet for Duplicity (even though we did not see Clive Owen)
• Getting stuck watching the changing of the guards at Buckingham Palace. Sure, it's lovely for the first few moments, but 40 minutes in, you're aching to leave and the streets are blocked.

• Everything about the Natural History Museum, including: dinosaurs, riding an escalator through a fake planet, learning that I'm the average height for a 12 year old boy, meeting the fossil woman...
• Taking pictures by the Peter Pan statue in Kensington Gardens
• Eating Indian food with Ed (the one person I knew) in the area that Jack the Ripper ran wild (and, additionally, having my mouth burned by said Indian food)

• Eating Chinese food in a place where the servers were known to be horrid
• Every pub that was beautifully decorated with twirling staircases, comfortable chairs, and warm fireplaces.
• Being absolutely confused by the Tate Modern Museum (modern art does not, apparently, make me want to rock out.)
• Due to the heavy winds, almost being knocked off the Millennium Bridge
• Going to an American Cafe for breakfast. Apparently Americans are known to be poker playing cowboys over there.
  

• Eating Italian food in a small basement under a large building. No one knew it was there, but boy was it delicious.
• Meeting Samir's friends and relatives that I heard so much about. (They were all lovely)
  
• Seeing The Lion King
  
• Watching a male comedian do an NY accent and then strip into a rather revealing leather outfit

• The National Portrait Gallery (all of it)
• Trying fish and chips
• Tasting every chocolate bar we could get our hands on
  
• ...and so much more.
  

One more London post tomorrow!