Tour Bus Bonanza

After quite the flight (nine and a half hours, we arrived early and met up with our chaperone first) Cydney and I were extremely exhausted. We got settled into our room pretty quickly and now after spending a whole day in London we can see that living on the high floor with no elevator is going to really work out our thighs! There weren't too many vegan options as we explored the Sainsbury grocery market last night but we made due and today we visited the posh Waitrose grocery (also not too much to choose from but we at least got veggie dogs). This morning before all other important things we woke up to go on a city tour via bus. Our guide, Angie, was so petite and pleasant being highly informative and fun, and despite her age, we lost track of her in the tourist hustle and bustle more than once! We saw many key spots like the London Ferris Wheel, Westminster Abbey and its' history, several parks, Harrod's, about Londonia in general, gossip regarding the royal family while looking at their residences, so much! While we were engaged in the section regarding Buckingham Palace we were waiting to see the Changing of the Guards and were very fortunate to see a rehearsal for the Queen's Birthday Parade next week.


Last night we went to a cute pub named Jack Horner's Pies and Pub on Tottenham Ct. Road  and shyed away from most items on the menu settling only for chips (fries), but we decided tonight that we would actually eat the bangers and mash for they offered vegetarian sausages--they were 100% veggie made by hand and SO GOOD. The potatoes were topped with fried, crispy leeks, and a tart red wine gravy that tasted similar to red cabbage. The veggie sausages themselves weren't TVP but rather mashed potatoes with compressed vegetables that were breaded and fried. Another video will be posted about this later!!

I've been searching and eyeballing everyone, I almost feel underdressed compared to all the stylish males out here. I also noticed that there aren't too many punkers about (the sales guy at the Vodaphone cellular shop said they were all in Camden, but we went poking around and still not a ton of luck) and made a game out of counting them, but even the ones I included I would never say were punk back in SoCal.

We have our first class session tomorrow and we're still planning out when we'll see our spooky sites. Can't wait!