London, Day Three

Dr. Who fans will recognize this!

I know these posts are often devoid of exciting vignettes, and are mostly lists of things that we've done during the day, but by the time I am able to write, my eyelids are usually about "half mast", so it's a struggle to jot down notes. My main goal is to keep track of what we do so that I can remember everything later. I'll stop trying to rationalize or explain my lack of creativity and simply relate the day's events.

Today we visited Greenwich, snuck in a gate to take a picture at the Prime Meridian (it cost 7 pounds to officially enter the "museum", but we noticed an unlocked gate close to the meridian line, so we entered, took our pictures on the line, and left), spent a little time at the Maritime Museum (it had a very confusing layout and half of the exhibits were closed because of maintenance, so it was rather disappointing), and ate a fish and chips lunch in an authentic English pub, though we both vowed that it would probably be the last time we eat much friend food. The fish and chips were delicious, and we had some mashed peas (a very traditional English dish), but after eating oily Chinese food for ten months, our grease tolerance isn't what it used to be, so we're sticking to salads and other healthy food for now. 

Golders Green, where we're staying in London. Pretty cool, huh?

We then took the Tube to a shopping center close to the BBC television center, where we had some tea and scones, wandered around a mall, and took a tour of the BBC. As we were walking around the BBC station, we saw Barry Manilow. The whole experience at the BBC was wonderful and extremely educational, especially after our experience of participating in the taping yesterday. After our time at the "Beeb", we caught the Tube back to the area where we’re staying and picked up some Turkish take-out, which was delicious!

I’ve been editing photos for a very long time now, but I’m finished for the evening and I’m going to go to bed soon.