Day 1, in the books.

So I wake up around noon from a fantastic night with john, gin, Luke, & Leonie (Luke & Jenna's 4th roommate). John is jumping on the bed like a little schoolgirl yelling for me to get up (apparently Luke and john spent a solid 10 min trying to get me up). i blame it on the jetlag, not the gin.

after tinkering around for a bit, John, Luke, & I head over to the tube and Luke and i part our ways with john. from there, Luke and i meet up with Jenna at her workplace and go to a nice place for lunch, called Alibi. Got a Lamb Burger. Interesting choice which turned out to be quite nice. Interesting thing to note: burgers are not eaten with the hands, just a fork and knife. kinda an interesting change from the barbaric trends of the US. (an not-so-interesting-sidenote: the curry from last night was fantastic, but has quite a post-bite to it where Luke and i were less than comfy) :P (another not-so-interesting-sidenote: apparently "yogurt" in england is spelt "yoghurt"...what the hell is that all about?)

From lunch, Luke and i said our goodbyes to Jenna and then decided to head to the south bank (central England) for some touristy shite. First, we went to see The Clink which was a really interesting and slightly disturbing museum on torture in England. really neat stuff. I'll try and post some pictures when i can (silly yank didn't think about bringing a camera). after the clink, we wandered around the south bank area, saw some really neat stuff. one thing that stood out was a giant WW II cruiser called the HMS Belfast that was docked and was all camo-coloUred. According to wikipedia, the "dazzle camo" or "razzle dazzle" color was actually pretty common. weird brits.

also saw the tower of london and a few other things in the area then went back to luke's place to chill a bit, order a pizza and more or less, lay low tonight in prep for tomorrow.

speaking of tomorrow, i don't think i mentioned my plans yet. this whole england trip is based around sneaking to cardiff with Marc Kirby (adventure '08) to surprise all the internationals who are partying there. should be wicked fun! so i'm meeting up with marc tomorrow around 2ish and then going to cardiff for the big surprise.

luke and i just ordered some pizza that is "quite nice" says mr. windsor. interesting enough, its papa johns. which is apparently significantly better  quality than its sibling chain in the US. anyway, that'll do it for now. leave comments!

Kaufy