i. love. london.

we are having an absolute blast over here. yesterday we saw buckingham palace, the houses of parliament, westminster abbey, the river thames...it has all been lovely. every scene is so picturesque. we've also mastered the london underground - you should see us navigating this city like champs. it's so much fun.

our hostel is pretty funny. the ground floor is a traditional english pub called "the green man", we actually checked in at the bar. everyone here is pretty nice to us even though we monopolize the bathroom (yes, that was singular). our room is on the top floor (of course), so in order to get there, we have to go up 2 ridiculously steep, narrow stairs. with all the walking and up and down, i feel like i've been on a stairmaster for the last 48 hours. this is the best workout i've ever had. or perhaps i should say that i SHOULD have been working out to prepare for this adventure. it's tiring however you look at it. 

the weather is nice, in the 60's with some wind and sprinkles every now and then. it's actually been sunny the last two days! really gorgeous. last night, we ate at this ultra chic restaurant in covent garden called fire and stone - we ordered a bottle of wine and some pizzas to share. jill and i had the "capetown", it was so delicious with a little kick to it. if you know me well enough you also know that i definitely paid the price for that meal the next morning...

then we went to a london dance club and did just that: danced our hearts out. they play more or less the same tunes over here, so we fit in nicely ;) we'll most likely do a repeat of that tonight, especially because today is jill's birthday! our group dynamic is wonderful, we all get along so well and it's making the trip that much more hilarious.

kristy pretty much summed it up last night when we got home, she said, "ladies, this is only night 2 of 11." 

YES.

love/miss/namaste.