Props to Brandon and Abbey (Abby)

Well, this is my farewell post. I have long wanted to be a blog poster, but never seemed to have any news to warrant a blog. This week afforded me the chance to live the wandsworth life which of course tends to be a little more interesting than everyday life.
Yesterday I alluded to our boat ride briefly. This was a boat ride along the Jurassic coast from Bournemouth to Swannig. Swannig happens to be a beach where M& B have camped. The water and the cliffs were very beautiful. We then ate at a world famous fish and chips restaurant called Harry Ramsden.
Before the boat ride, B and I were treated to a wonderful facial at a salon. This was a special European experience for us and a first for each of us.
Our day ended yesterday with a trip on the train back to Wandsworth.
Today we attempted to see as much of London as possible as it was our last day here. We began our adventure - where else of course, but on a bus. This is a quite handy way to get around. We headed to Westminster Abbey and read many a tombstone while in there. It was quite impressive. We worked up an appetite for a pasty at Cornish Pasty Co. No these were not pastries. Pasty has meat and vegetables inside a baked folded crust. We were entertained outside by a street entertainer while we ate. We then headed off to the National Gallery. B agreed to be the tour guide as she led us to the highlights - this took about an hour and a half. You can ask us which painters are our favorites if interested but this might be one of those times when only MLJ would want to know such details. We did see Renoir, Monet, Gaugin ,da Vinci and many others.
Now it was time to head to Buckingham Palace - a long walk down the mall, which they are already preparing for the queen's birthday parade in 2 weeks. Today was very warm and sunny and people were out everywhere in Green Park and Hyde Park. We snuck a peek at 10 Downing Street as we passed by that. After looking at Kensington Palace and Gardens, we rode the tube back over to the river where we ate at an Italian restaurant overlooking the river at Putney. We feel like we got to see quite a bit today and our feet feel like it too. We are so glad to see where M&B live and get a taste of their european life. It was so interesting to hear english accents for a week as well as hearing people speaking french and german all around you. We sadly leave you now, blog reader as we must depart in the morning for US of A. KJ