Long day!

It's been a looong day so I'll try to get as much in before I pass out! Lolo and Willie have a laptop that they have kindly let me check my e-mail and upload my pictures, so this works out great. I felt like I saw so much today but I only TOUCHED upon London! I got up really early to head to Greenwich first which is on the South side of the river Thames.....gorgeous little area that has so many shops and cafes as well as museums and history. I headed there to see the Royal Observatory and get some great shots of the London skyline. Too bad it was cloudy! Greenwich Park was beautiful and actually the spot where all time in Europe is based out of...Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). My favorite part, however, was the observatory because it's where the Prime Meridian is! I posted a picture below of me straddling the line...one foot is in the Western Hemisphere and the other in the Eastern Hemisphere! How sweet is that!? I thought it was pretty interesting. :) I left Greenwich after that (and a coffee of course) and headed to a couple more touristy stops. London Bridge, Tower Bridge, and Tower of London. London Bridge is nothing too exciting...pretty dull if you ask me. But Tower Bridge makes up for it...got a lot of good pictures (I'll post one below as well). Continued to walk to St. Paul's Cathedral (gorgeous and enormous) then went to Tate Modern Museum. Very interesting art in there, I was impressed. Just walked along the river after that, got plenty of pictures and stopped at the Borough market to check it out....too bad I had just eaten. I'll definitely go back there because Lolo told me a scene in one of the Harry Potter movies was filmed there! I have to get a picture :) I was literally exhausted after all that....walked closed to 6 miles I'm sure and even in the most comfy shoes, my legs and back were tired! So I came back to Lolo's and relaxed, waited for her to get out of work. We made dinner here together (rice and veggie curry dish....sooooo yummy!) then went out for a "pint" at an English pub. They had a nice fire going and all...completely felt like I thought it would. Tomorrow I'm going out for the day for more sights and then seeing Lolo's show at night. Also, a friend from Mary Wash caught up with me on myspace and she's living in London right now! Hopefully I'll be able to see her...even just for coffee to catch up, it's been years! It's been a little lonely walking around the sights all by myself, but I really am enjoying the time to take things in and all. I know I'll meet more people when I start staying in hostels and I'm so grateful for Lolo being so nice and letting me stay with her! But ya know, I like to talk and don't want to start talking to myself soon! Hehe just kidding. No one is super friendly in London though, I've noticed. Even Lolo admitted that most of them are rude! But I am not complaining at all....I'm in love with this city and the experience so far. Just commenting, hehe. Besides I can go where I want, when I want and feel like I'm getting a lot accomplished. It's a good feeling :) Anyways, write more soon....xoxo. Hope everyone is well.