Carnival ride

Taken in London.

February 26, 2012.

Taken right after I saw Eddie Izzard running barefoot on a dirty London sidewalk.

Which still confuses me, to be honest.

London, a street view

Monochrome London, Part II

 

Well we are back in Málaga, and it has been an eventful week folks! We got completely buried in snow in Amman and had a few really warm sunny days in London, so go figure. 

It's late and I'm still tired from our long travel day yesterday so I'll just post a few black and whites from London:

Visit:

Monochrome London, Part I

Monochrome London

I've got a few more London photos to share.  This first one is a quirk about London that I love - since they drive on the opposite (i.e. left) side of the road there, visitors to the city are in almost constant danger of getting flattened by a double-decker bus while trying to cross the street.  So the ever-polite British have painted little cues on the street to advise confused pedestrians where to look.  

It's actually quite brilliant, and probably saved my life about three times.

The next couple are taken just across the street from Buckingham Palace. We had off-and-on rainy weather the whole time we were there, but on this afternoon the skies opened up and it absolutely poured.  

The good news is that being out in the chilly wet weather got us all in the mood for some good soup...enter pho.  Have you ever had Vietnamese food? I hadn't, and wow, I was missing out.  My friend Kristin found us this great little Vietnamese place that put its heart and soul into making the best steamy bowls of beef pho (Vietnamese for "soup") in London, or close enough anyway.  See the smile on her face? I bet pho put it there.

Londontown

Attention all UK residents: if there is a fish and chips shortage, it is because The Mister and I ate up the whole national supply. Over and out.

We had a great time in London this past weekend visiting my friend Kristin.

Do you like how I have about fifteen pictures of Big Ben in there? I realized it after I already put the pictures in the post, and now I'm too lazy to remove them.  So we're not really going with the "less is more" concept today here on Love & Paella.

Speaking of "more is more", let's talk about Chipotle.  Because there was a Chipotle in London. And we ate there. And then we passed out from bliss. Can you see how the Chipotle is making me look deranged in that picture? I was really overexcited.

We went biking all around Hyde Park. We went to Shakespeare's Globe theater/theatre (pick your spelling depending upon your nationality, please). Went to Buckingham palace and said cheerio to the Queen. And then we ate more fish and chips.