All right, I've gotten complaints/comments that i havent told you about my mom's visit yet, so here i go. This one's for you mom!
So my mom decided to make the most out of her trip and get into London at 5:55 am. And i decided to be the nice daughter and meet her at the airport. Anyway...i kind of slept through my alarm and didn't wake up until 6:30. i Met up with her...where she had been waiting for almost two hours (how was i supposed to know her plane would be early and that she would breeze through customs??? I guess the Heathrow express wasn't express enough!) Well it made me super happy to finally see my mom! We hopped on the Heathrow Express again (seriously, best £14 ever!) where my mom seemed a bit travel worn....as in sick. We got her into some fresh air after her first tube experience. and we watched through the drizzle to my flat. I know its against the rules of jet lag, but we were both tired, so we took a small nap...I figured it was okay because she didn't sleep at all on the plan. After that I took my mom on the most exhausting tour of London ever...don't believe me..ask her. I think I walked the most that i have walked in a really long time and i dont think my mom knew what she was getting into. First we walked through Covent Garden and then to the river. We walked across the Waterloo bridge so she could get her first real view of London. London as is portrayed on postcards. We walked along the Southbank for a bit ( i love it!) and then we found ourselves in the Borough Market. The only way i can describe it is Whole Foods Alive...its amazing and I think my mom was in food heaven. In case you're wondering, a pigs head is only £5....i'm sure i could have thought of some use for one with halloween, but i failed to think of anything. We grabbed some good food and sat in Southwark cathedrals grounds to enjoy our finds. We then went into Southwark cathedral...apparently anyone who's ever lived in London has a connection with this church.... Dickens, Shakespeare and the founder of Harvard University. The Shakespeare window is really cool and I had fun with my mom trying to pick out what plays were represented. After that we decided to go to the Bramah tea and coffee museum. Not bad, a little small, with some....interesting. tea pots. Those chinese are kind of interesting....thats all i have to say about THAT teapot. We walked across the millenium bridge and then peeked into st. pauls. We tried getting into the Tower of London but it was too late so we walked across tower bridge and got ourselves a bowl of chips from a cute little pub. Then we walked around the area taking pictures of cute houseboats and just enjoying the scenery. It was then back across the river to meet up with our London Walks guide to go on a Jack the Ripper walk. Our walk was huge!!! We were being led around by the guy who wrote the book on jack the ripper...my mom got to be the stand-in for the third victim of the ripper...way to go mom! On our tour we were down this little alley right next to a car park (parking garage) and all of a sudden this guy comes running down one of the levels and then scales the side of the building and takes off running again. He then goes to climb up the other side..it was something out of a jackie chan movie....quite distracting while you're trying to learn about this man who brutally murdered women. We ended up buying his book and called it a day. I thought my mom was going to die on the way home, so we went grocery shopping to buy food and she had her first pasty experience....oh the pasty. So much better than a hot pocket!
Thus concludes our first and very busy night. whoo hoo!