Sunday was a lovely day. We started out slow and didn’t eat. This made us grumpy so we went to the Orangery at Kensington Palace. I was ready for a huge meal. LOL it was a tea house. Just small cream cheese sandwitches, and bite size things with tea. It was a beautiful place and very happy that we went but needed food. We then walked through the Kensington park and headed towards Hyde park. We still needed food so we found the Lido ( a small grill/deli) and ate a chicken sandwitch. It started to rain and we walked next to a pond in the London rain in Hyde Park. It was wonderful. We ended up on a street called Knightsbridge. This was the posh shops and people. It was cool but $$$$. We needed rest so we headed back to the hotel and had some rest. It was a lovely day and we are about to start another! See you later mate.

With the sun shining and only partial clouds, we decided to head up to Kensingon and Hyde Parks. We walked from our hotel all the way there. Our feet are killing us.

Both parks were absolutely beautiful. It made Balboa Park look like a desert in comparison. The trees and bushes and all sorts of rose gardens. And, we only saw the south end of the park.

We figured out that we really need more filling meals though. The whole day we felt fammished. That is until we got to the Lido Cafe and had a chicken sandwich and salad. Much better after that.

Yesterday afternoon, Heidi and I decided to check out the Tate Modern museum after we were unable to get tickets to see Romeo & Juliet at Shakespeare’s Theatre.

I would definitely suggest checking out the Tate if you are in the area. It’s is a free museum with lots to see if you enjoy modern art.

A pic below shows the “unitended irony” the receptionist mentioned when we asked about the exhibits on display, Futurism, coming soon! That made me chuckle.

Afterwards we trekked across the Millenium Bridge. It is a newer suspension bridge that was very cool to see and walk across. We arrived across the Thames and looked for a place for dinner.

We came upon a Pizza Express. It was a place that Heidi’s boss’ daughter had suggested. It was a great place, the food was very tasty and service was quick as well. I would check it out as well too if you have the opportunity. The cost of food was reasonable as well.

We went to the Borough Market yesterday in the mid-afternoon. What an amazing place. It’s huge for one, and it has all sorts of great stuff.

We picked up some produce to start with then wandered the place. We saw meats, produce and tasties galore!!

After working up an appetite, Heidi wanted to get fish & chips. We stopped at a place in the market called Fish! The fish and chips were good as well.

To add to Heidi’s post we also stopped and had dinner at this small Italian place and the food was tasty.

Heidi had a seafood risotto and it was too fishy for her. The sever looked at her like she was nuts for ordering seafood risotto an saying it tasted fishy. In her defense, it did taste fishy and very salty.

I had a chicken and mushroom pizza which was very tasty. What I found unique was that they didn’t cut it for you. So I had to cut it up with a steak knife.

We also had tiramisu. This was really tasty too. The bottom was soaked in what tasted like amaretto, an a couple of bites made me have strange faces, too much of an alcohol taste.

I added a pic of our hotel (tiny) and also the view from just outside our room.

Now off for another day of fun!

So here we are in London! Wow it’s so different yet the same. Last night we hung out Picadilly Circle. It seemed to be the place to go clubbing and Pub Crawling. We stayed out to get on a normal sleeping schedule. So after a full night of sleep we ate breakfast, got ready at hotel, grab a cup of coffee and blog, then off to the Farmers Market and let the day just take us.

A pic of C blogging.

Wow, what a long trip. Not only were we delayed by three hours in San Francisco, the flight felt like a lifetime.

I really only catnapped a couple times for maybe 20 minutes. So as you can imagine, I am wiped out. With the time change I have been up for countless hours.

We left the terminal and bought our Oyster cards and took the Picadilly line out to the Kensington area.

But, we are here. And it is beautiful, it’s so green. Never mind the over cast setting, it’s is completely different than I imagined.

We have just now stopped into a Coffee Republic to get some caffine and hop on their wifi so that we can post pics and updates. Heidi says that the coffee here is really good an the tea I have is really tasty too! Cost us £4.89. Not bad

So sleepy, 3 hour delay before we leave for London.

At San Diego airport (SAN), we decided to grab something to eat because I was starving. So two sandwiches and a water cost us, hold your breath, $23.70.

WTF?! They weren’t even that great. Damn airport food. At least in San Francisco (SFO) the food was tasty for that price.

So, lesson learned, don’t by airport food in San Diego unless you are about to drop to the floor due to malnourishment. Then just by an apple of banana for $3!!!

We thought it was a direct flight. We have to go to San Fran first. Oh well, we love San Fran good JuJu for us, we spent our first Valentines Day in San Fran. How romantic!