A Visiter from Germany

Thursday night at midnight I picked Curtis up from stansted airport which is only about 15 min from where we live. His plane was late arriving so I wasted some time in the Airport Casino on the 10 pence slot machines. I ended up losing a pound in total and wasting about 20min. By 12:30 am on Friday morning we were playing video games and drinking a beer. Unfortunately I had to work the next day (as did Megan) so we went to bed shortly after that. Megan and I both took the afternoon off work and took Curtis into Harlow as we had appointments with the bank. Sorry to put you through that Curt but the bank situation was such a nightmare. Following that we grabbed some Pizza hut and headed back for some games and soap operas. Around 8:00pm we were off to the races. The greyhound races in Harlow were extremely amusing as none of us had ever been to a dog race before. It was pretty crazy how fast they ran after the rabbit (aka a windsock). None of us placed any bets down and we soon got tired and cold of watching the races and headed back to the pub that is 10 Curtis steps away from our door. A couple of drinks later we were kicked out of the pub (11pm is last call here even on a Friday night).

Saturday looked quite promising as the weather was nice and we had planned to go to London. Not surprisingly, the train service was down yet again (image that). England isn't exactly known for is on time and great train service. After an hour bus ride we got to another train station and made our way into London. We were a little later getting into London than we had planned for but we still saw a lot of London, stopping off at Trafalgar Square, Buckingham Palace, Westminster and Big Ben, and the London eye. Once again we were unable to ride it due to the long line and at £12.50 a head it gets a little expensive. St. Paul’s was closed but we still got a good look at it from the front. Apparently it was closed early for some ceremony that was to be held there that night. I found that out the other day Curt. A few stops on the tube we made it to the tower of London and then hung around Tower bridge for a while taking some great pics. Finishing off the night we went to Piccadilly Circus (to go to the Mac store), leister Square for some food, and Covent Garden to have some Moosehead at the Canadian pub called the maple leaf. Then we made the long journey home having to take the one hour bus yet again. Makes you appreciate the London Underground song even more! (For those of you that have heard it anyways.....if you haven’t, ask me and I will send you the link).

The night ended with a few more beers and some video games until 2:15 in the morning. Curtis had to leave the next morning bright and early but we still had some time to have a great English breakfast before he had to leave. It was really nice to have him here and he was a great guest. Hopefully he sticks to his word and comes again in a few months. I think he enjoyed London enough that he wants to see more. Attached below are a few pics of the weekend. Enjoy!

Oh and to read the same story but from Curts point of view check out his blog here. Don't forget to look at his pics as well!!

At the races

The finish line

Curt and Megs at Buckingham Palace

The phone booth shot

Tower of London

Tower Bridge by night

Regent Street by night