One country down....

Hey everyone!!

So sorry we couldn't post lately! When we tried to get onto the blog in London, the hostel computers wouldn't let us (apparently our site is in suspicion of having porn related content....HAHA!)

Anyway, we did so much in London. I'm just going to list all the awesomeness:

• Big Ben (at nite and during the day)
• Saw Parliament and Westminster Abbey
• Trafalgar Square
• Buckingham Palace (and the changing of the guard)
• Tower of London (and a tour by a real Beefeater - and PS that diamond they have in the collection of crown jewels is utterly amazing!!)
• Harrod's - totally awesome, that place puts Macy's to shame
• Hyde Park
• Tate Modern Museum
• AND, we did our very own pub crawl for my birthday. There was a train line (in the shape of a bottle) that runs in a circle through central London. At every stop you are supposed to get off, find the nearest pub, and have a pint (I tried having a different type of beer at each place too!!). It was really fun, and we did pretty well for a couple of girls!

We also ended up doing a whole lot wandering/meandering/aimless walking. My leg is holding up for the most part, but it slows me down a little by the end of the day.

Anyway - we also went out to a couple of awesome bars in some cool neighborhoods. The only real problem with the UK is that its so freaking expensive. Its about the same as trying to find food and drinks in New York City....but our money is worth half as much!! That put a serious drain on our fun at some points.

The hostel was really fun, and a pretty good deal overall (only 17 pounds per person per nite, or about 35 dollars). We were in a room with 4 bunk beds (8 people total). It was 5 girls and 2 guys for most of the time, and it seemed to work out pretty well. There was a bar on the first level, and it was open really late (most of the pubs shut down around 10 or 11, which is also when the tube staops running) so it was nice to be in a place that was busy until the wee hours. We met people from the US, Australia, Britain, Nigeria, South Africa....and on the last nite I stayed up and watched the sun rise (at 4am!!!! way too early) with a bunch of the kids by the rooftop hot tub! A lot of people we met are going on to Brussels and Amsterdam just like us, so we already have plans to meet up with friends.

Finally, we are safe and sound across the English Channel, and are now in Brussels. The train was so fun! We're going to be here tonite and tomorrow nite, and head to glorious Amsterdam on Sunday morning.

We miss you guys (but not too much yet ;)

Love you all lots!

Kristyn

PS - I'll keep trying to find a place that will let us put our photos up, we have some funny ones already