OMG I love the parks here. SO so so much. Last week we went to Hyde park on Wednesday and it was ridiculously nice out. We walked through the park and the Rose Garden a little bit, but it had been cold enough that none of the flowers were in full bloom, but it was ok because the nap made up for it. Hope brought her Beatles blanket and we all just spread out on it and took naps and basked in the sunshine. It was definitely one of my favorite London days so far, plus all these couples were all snuggly and it was just freaking adorable. But it made all of us want snuggle buddies, too lol. Still haven't found my British husband--I'm working on it :P
And today we went to Regent's park to nap and play football (soccer for you silly Americans), but we wound up not napping and just playing football, which was fun. We played with a couple British guys, so that was nifty. It was ridiculously nice out today, too, so I was a little bummed that the outside nap didn't happen, but that's ok. I'm sure there will be more naps in my future. Everyone says 'Don't nap, go out and do stuff,' but I feel like it's killing two birds with one stone--seeing a park AND napping. GENIUS.
Oh, something else about Hyde Park: THE SWANS ARE FREAKING HUGE. Seriously. I've never seen birds this big. But they're very nice about eating PB&J sandwiches that you don't want anymore. I'll upload some pictures soon so you can see how freakishly gargantuan these swans are. It's like Birdzilla.
Sorry for the short post, but at least you're GETTING a post :P
Oh! Tomorrow we're going to Canterbury and Leeds Castle, which I'm really excited about--moreso Leeds Castle than Canterbury. Have you ever read Chaucer in middle English? It would make you ambivalent towards Canterbury, too. But apparently Canterbury Cathedral is one of the most renowned in Great Britain, so I AM looking forward to that bit. The Archbishop of Canterbury is the head of the Anglican church, and he's the dude that crowns people, just fyi. See? I'm learning stuff. ;)
