Wow it is nice to be back in the land of the english-speakers again! AND we even have a functioning keyboard today, so this shouldn't be such a headache! We got a little lost looking for dinner after our last post, but finally found the Hard Rock Cafe, where we had delicious bugers and free hot fudge sundaes! We still had more sights to see in Paris that night, so we hopped on the metro and went to Montparnasse, a big office building that has their 56th floor set up as a tourist observation building with views of the Eiffel tower. it was pretty neat, nice to have it in the background of the pictures so you actually know what city we're in! We took the metro back up north (I'm an expert on navigating these subway systems - we haven't gotten on the wrong train once) then to the Moulin Rouge for some pictures. Apparently it's much easier to take pictures there now then when Briana was there last, so she enjoyed it quite a bit.
Wednesday was another long day, with a bit of rain and a tour bus that never showed up. We shopped on the Champs-Elysees and made our way over to Notre Dame, before buying some delicious cake to eat in Luxembourg Gardens, which is apparently where Marie Antionette lived when she said "Let them eat cake!", so we figured it was fitting to enjoy some cakes in the gardens. It didn't stop raining, and we trudged around through a few more shops (including fabric row - Briana was in heaven but it was pretty pricey) before heading to the Eurostar and off to London.
After a lovely foot bath and sleep in our hotel last night, we dashed across London this morning to catch our tour bus to Windsor Castle, Stonehenge, and Oxford. We didn't go inside Windsor Castle, just enjoyed the town around it and had some lunch. Stonehenge was pretty neat, apparently it will be crazy next week during the summer solstice so i guess we picked a good time. Our tour guide led us around Oxford, showing us the different colleges (there are 39) and some of the sights where Harry Potter was filmed. It was a long day on the bus, but overall we had lots of fun. We also really enjoyed all the new englilsh phrases we learned, including our favorite "'alf-past".
Time to head back to our hotel and repack our bags one last time! We're going to the wax museum and then Phantom of the Opera tomorrow night. Oh, and we've leared it's the Queen's birthday on Saturday, so Happy 84 b-day to her in advance! (Yes, she reads this too, we're quite popular) We'll post pictures when we're home on Saturday, but this will be our last official post. Thanks for tagging along with us on another excellent adventure!
Oh yes - Congratulations to Hossa, finally won a stanley cup!
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