Yesterday and Today

Sorry that I didn't update yesterday. I don't think anyone really reads this thing anyways, so I guess I have no one to apologize to, but what the hell... I'm sorry.

I got sick last night and was sick most of the day today so I've been kind of limited in my energy.

Here's the London update:

Yesterday:

Yesterday my dad, mom and I went to the Tower of London and saw a bunch of torture tactics and the Crown Jewels. We also had this amazing beefeater give us a great tour! Next we went to the Tate Modern Art Museum. Freakin cool awesome museum! There were Picassos and Rothkos and Duchamp like it was a finger painting on some moms refrigerator. Not like they didn't appreciate or exhibit these paintings well, because they did, but it was like no big deal to them, for me it was a huge deal to see these paintings.

So that was really really neat. We also had lunch on the top floor at the Tate Modern Restaurant. We had a mezzaluna platter (cheese, hummas, dips etc.) for an app. Then we split fish and chips and an open faced roast beef sandwich.

Next we met Emme @ a pub called The Anchor and Hope. We all had traditional British fare. Emme had a fennel and some kind of cheese that I can't think of the name. Dad had seafood chowder, and mom and I split a whole crab.

Then we went to look around picadilly circus for a little bit and went home.

Today I woke up not feeling too well. I've got my sinus stuff acting up, so I didn't sleep well and I kept falling asleep everywhere we went today. First we decided to go to the British Museum, basically just a really neat history museum. I loved looking at all the artifacts and the Egyptian exhibit was really neat. After the museum we searched for this place to eat at called Hummus Bro. It was awesome. It basically was a Chipotle for hummus. They would put hummus down on a plate and you would tell them if you wanted Chx, beef, etc. It was sooo good. Next we wandered around the town for a bit and then we went and picked up our theater tickets. We ended up going to see this show called "39 Steps" it was a comical adaptations of the Alfred Hitchcock movie, but it was only a cast of 4 people who played up to 150 characters. It was hysterical and wittingly funny.

Then we decided to go to this place that Emme loves to eat at called My Old Dutch. It was a Crepe house that served all of these different kinds of crepes. My mom and i split the Chicken Curry Crepe and a Lemon Honey Crepe. They were huge and they were quite tasty.

I feel so grateful to be here and to be able to see my sister!! She is having such a great time and she has made some wonderful friends and memories. Even though she's so close in age to me she has always been my little sis who I have always seen as little kid emme that I need to look after (older child syndrome, I'm working thru the issues). But watching her in London has made me see her in a different light, and I also think she has grown a lot while she's been here. She's always been so independent but I've never seen it to this extent. Basically I guess what I'm trying to say is this trip has made me more proud of her and I just really hope the best for her life :)

Tomorrow we get up at 5:00 am london time, midnight dallas time! All I know is that my sleep schedule is going to be screwy for the next couple of weeks. So hopefully I'll be able to sleep on the plane tomorrow and be ready for work on Friday. I've had the best time being in london, it was a wonderful break and I'm feeling refreshed with a new perspective.

Cheerio!