Brittney and Tiffany's Week in London!

I went to Heathrow to pick up Brittney and Tiffany late Thursday evening! WE made it back, and I I went straight to bed. I was more than exhausted and had work in the morning. Friday was a long day at work, my projects and tasks had been piling up, and I had to play catch up. I had a job interview for a position in NY and I would say that it went well. I guess we will have to see how that works itself out! That evening, we made it to the grocery store and decided to make dinner at home since we had to be up early the next morning.

Saturday, we had ourselves a little adventure...We took a taxi to the train station, train to Southampton, bus to the ferry terminal, ferry to Cowes on the Isle of Wight, bus to Newport, bus to Freshwater. And after all of that, we walked about 15 minutes to the Adventure Activities office where we met with our Coasteering instructors Aston and Ky. They were great fun! Fun Fact of the day, it REALLY helps to put the wetsuit on the right way...Zipper in the back! It is pretty uncomfortable and definitely doesn't fit right the other way around. We jumped off a ton or rocks and experienced being shot out of a cave like a rocket, and all kinds of fun activities. Too bad we didn't look more into what was going on at the Isle of Wight this weekend, it was the Isle of Wight Festival and we could have gotten tickets for the concerts in advance and went camping! But instead we began out adventure back to London just in time to get ready to jet off to the pub for a few pints and some FOOTBALL... and by that I mean soccer. The World Cup was on and England was playing Italy. At the pub we met some interesting fellas from all over the place, Italy, Portugal, and New Zealand...It is official, I am moving to New Zealand. This guy sold me on the idea of all the fun and interesting things to do in New Zealand!

Sunday, I slept in, and met them near Chinatown, and we wandered through Covent Garden and made our way to the London Aquarium.

Monday and Tuesday I had to work, so I met Brittney and Tiffany back at the flat and we made dinner both nights. It was nice to relax and hang out with them.

Wednesday I had the day off, but I Was exhausted and they had the London Pass which allowed them to get into most of the London attractions for free, so I took the chance to sleep in and relax for once! I met them on Oxford street for some Wafflemeister later that evening and we did a bit of souvenir shopping and sightseeing.

Thursday we went to Camden Market and Greenwich! Two of my favorite places! Greenwich was kinda a bust, the market wasn't hopping AT ALL, so we grabbed some food and headed back to the flat to get ready to head into the city to watch the England game. We went to Cargo to meet up with a few other Mountbattens but didn't find them so we stayed to watch the rest of the game. Brittney, Tiffany, and I started talking to this group of Americans that were studying in London for 5 weeks, they were from Tennessee, and wanted to see some of the London Night Life, as did Brittney and Tiffany, so low and behold, I became a tour guide of Shoreditch. We hung out with them until it was time to catch the last tube home.

I had to work on Friday, so they toured more of London while I 'enjoyed' sitting at my desk sifting through piles of paperwork. But we met up and went to the Anchor for dinner. The food was good, the weather was spectacular, the beer was cold, and the company was GREAT! I am soooo glad Brittney and Tiffany came to see me!

Saturday, It was sad to see them go! But after a week of running around London I was worn down, and it was inevitable, I was going to get sick.