Parents in the UK!

After a gruelling and boring flight across the atlantic in a tiny 737, a fuel stop in Reykjavik, and a transfer in Glasgow, my parents arrived in London. We were able to catch up on how things were going back at home while in the garden for a BBQ. The next morning we put the parents to work and awoke to the glorious smells of bacon and french toast on the stove. mmmm.



For their first full day, we decided to split ways between the ladies and the men -- the men got to explore the perils of war while the women explored the perils of an empty wallet!

Here's Dad on the HMS Belfast, which is a World War II Cruiser with 12 6-inch guns, that is also a floating museum.


Here's Mom thoroughly enjoying her warm scones and clotted cream at the fancy Fortnum & Mason department store near Piccadilly Circus.


We met up at Tower Bridge for traditional english dinner at Butlers Wharf Chophouse with some great picture opps.




It was a shame to leave them to head to work on Monday but they made the most of their first 2 days alone in London by spending the first (almost whole day) at the Tower of London before hopping on the double decker tour bus. We met up to try and do a London walk that night but opted for authentic indian fare on Brick Lane. The parents were especially impressed with the Bangladeshi supermarket we went into, and we bought some interesting coffee with cardamon to enjoy for our mornings here.

The next day the parents got up to watch the changing of the guards at Buckingham palace, and weren't too impressed, before having a pub lunch and bussing about again. That night we DID do a London walk and learned all the gory details of the Jack the Ripper murders in the area of town where the murders happened. Creepy.

As soon as they got here though, they were off again, and rented a car for a few days to visit other parts of South UK. I'll have to provide an update of that once I get it myself!