Relaxing London Weekend

Not too exciting a weekend to report. It was very enjoyable for me, but it wouldn't be much to write about. Slept in yesterday then went to church. Went out to eat after church with a group of people from church, it was nice. We went to an Italian restaurant that was delicious! Only downside to eating was the fact that there was so much pork on the menu. Everything either had sausage, ham or was vegetarian. There were only about 2 chicken dishes on the whole menu. But they were pretty flexible so that was good. We also had starters of bread with olive oil and balsamic vinegar. AMAZING. How do I always forget about that?? I bought some balsamic vinegar today cause I already have some olive oil. That is going to be my dinner one night with bread when I'm too lazy to cook. We also had a starter of mixed olives which was also delicious. I bought some olives today and ate them all in one sitting :O They were pimento stuffed green olives with some kind of cheese. So yummy.

Anyways, aside from the food, just stayed in and took things easy. Did some laundry, which was good. It reminded me that I actually do have a lot of clothes and I do not NEED to shop....at least that's what I keep telling myself in hopes that I'll start to believe it.

Friday my mom's cousin took me out and about at night. We saw the Queen's castle (sooo huge and amazing!) and the Tower of London (sooo creepy!) and Tower Bridge (seee below). And Big Ben. All great. Sadly it was too dark to get really good pictures, but I do have a few pics below for those of you who keep asking. I'll get some more this week as well to post on here. I apologize yet again for being so bad with the pics!



This a gorgeous canal right near my house. I pass it everyday on the way to the tube station. There's a cute little foot bridge across it. Yes, that's right, I walk fear-free across a bridge everyday! Aren't you proud of me?? Also, this pic is a little misleading cause it looks super gorgeous from this angle, but if you look right over the rail of the bridge there's a ton of leaves and garbage and crap right under the bridge.


This is a random sculpture we saw on Friday. It's on this boardwalk type thing near Tower bridge overlooking the Thames. I'm not sure what the sculpture is supposed to be but I sure know what it reminds me off.....


This is Tower Bridge, it's gorgeous. The architecture is insane and it's really really old. I was, of course, terrified to go over it but my cousin made me and it wasn't actually that bad. And then he told me that it's the only bridge in London that opens open to let ships pass underneath it. See below...


This is the bridge opening up for a huge ship to pass through. It looked like a cruise ship, but I didn't think cruises stop in London. If so, that is a gooood cruise! Seriously though, how gorgeous is this bridge?? This is the view from the boardwalk, by the way. It's kind of an above ground boardwalk...hard to explain...looks like you'll just have to come visit me so I can take you there ;)