Sweet Sweet Naan, So Sweet

The last two days have been busy. Sorry for not posting. Here goes.

Monday morning we caught the tube to Victoria station and took the Big Bus Tour. You sit on top of an open air double decker bus while they drive you around London and describe the sights. It was a good way to catch a little glimpse of just about everything and to hear a little history from the tour guide. We took a lot of pictures. I need to upload them.

After the bus tour, we went over to the British Museum grabbing a quick pub lunch first. The Museum was not quite what I expected. It was smaller then I thought and yet more crowded in the rooms. The covered middle area is pretty impressive. We mostly went through the Egyptian, Assyrian, and Greek wings. We really were running through it since we only had two hours. The Egypt stuff was fascinating as I have been into Egyptian stuff for as long as I can remember. The Assyrian wing was interesting once you realized they were recreating the entryway to see the king. The Greek wing was awesome. They have most of the stuff from the Parthenon in this wing laid out similar to how it would have been. Very cool. After paying closer attention in these wings we ran through some other stuff, the Africa and America areas. The jeweled serpent was a highlight.

Next we went down to the river to pick up our tickets for the London Eye. The London Eye is like a giant ferris wheel with glass bubbles that take you on a 30 minutes ride around with breathtaking views. None of us freaked out or threw up and the views were pretty amazing. The Eye itself is an impressive piece of engineering work.

We met up with Dave from Lakeview in the evening and had some beer over on Brick Lane, the Indian/curry area of town. After we left, the three of us grabbed some Indian food. Getting in to eat was interesting. Imagine Bourbon Street or Sixth Street but instead of them offering deals on drinks, they were offering deals on dinner. Anyway, once we picked a place, the food was amazing. I've never had Indian food that good. The sweet naan was especially tasty.

On the way home we stopped at the corner pub on Portobello Road from some late night drinks. All in all a very busy and very good day.

More later.