Easter with Brad :-)

When Brad first got in, we napped for about 5 hours. This was good because we had a long night planned ahead of us. We began the night by going to Wagamama's for some good Asian food. I got my usual chicken tama rice and coconut ice cream with mango sauce; Brad got noodles and ice cream too I think.

Then, we headed out of South Kensington for Leicester Square and Piccadilly Circus to Ice Bar :-) We walked around the area and Regent Street for a while before going to Ice Bar, which was so cool (hehe). We wore these big silver capes and gloves. Our drinks were in ice glasses, mine was called something like Icy River and it was yellow and blue. They had a lot of cool London-ish ice sculptures like a tube map in the wall, a large telephone booth, etc. After 45 minutes of freezing, we finally left and went on a walk before heading back to South Ken.

The next morning, we began at Westminster Abbey, the Houses of Parliament and then walked down the Thames Path past the London Eye, Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, Borough Market, London Bridge, Tower Bridge and the Tower of London. We walked through the City past Lloyd's of London, Leadenhall Market, and the Royal Exchange :-) to get lunch but the City was shut down for Easter weekend. After a full day of walking, we napped almost the entire evening and then stayed in at night.

On Saturday, we began at the London Eye. It took a while to wait in line and get tickets, but ultimately it was a good time. Since the day was clear, we could see a lot of the city. I got one of those little books that tells you what everything is, so I learned about some new places. The next exciting part of our day was Monty Python's Spamalot at the Palace Theatre. The show was hysterical, and I really enjoyed it. Everyone in the audience sang along to that song about being happy. I forget how it goes. After the show, we walked over to Trafalgar Square and through the gates and past St. James's Park to Buckingham Palace. We were exhausted at this point from all the walking again, so we went home to freshen up for the night.

We went out to Embankment for a comedy show that we had bought tickets for earlier in the day. It was really funny, and he really talked a lot with the audience. It was highly awkward at times, but still good, especially because he didn't specifically pick on us. The ticket came with free admission to Zoo Bar, so we went over to check it out but left after a few minutes.

On Sunday, we took a trip out to Greenwich to see the Prime Meridian. We also went into the National Maritime Museum while we were there, and the museum that the Prime Meridian goes through. We got to see the origin of the green laser that shoots out across the Thames River marking the line. It was really neat to stand on both sides of the world at once, and Brad and I also stood on opposite sides of each other. On the way back, we stopped in Canary Wharf for a few minutes to see the buildings. We relaxed the rest of the night, and the next morning woke up early to get Brad out to Heathrow. It was sad to see him go, but this marked a big milestone in the program because it was only one more month until I was home again.