Grandma & Grandpa, today is the day I finally got to go in to Westminster Abbey

(The right way to start out a sunday morning)

A relaxing day in London. The church service that Adam goes to starts at 11:30am which meant we had a little time in the morning. He got a basket of fresh pastries delivered to his door which we ate, then went to a coffee shop for an hour or so before the service.

The service had a surprising amount of young people and last for about an hour and a half. It ended around 1pm and we went to a building nearby that had a restaurant on the top floor with a nice view of London, we got coffee there and enjoyed the view.

Then we headed back to the room to get the belt that Adam had bought Alex for his birthday, but needed to be exchanged for a different color. This took us back to Brick Lane, where there was tons of activity for a sunday, markets eveerywhere, booths of all kinds of foods, people getting their hair cut on the side of the street, and us in our church clothes. Ha ha.

(Vibe cuts... a hair cutting booth... never seen that before)

We walked up and down the street a bit after returning the belt and then we made our way towards Westminister Abbey. Of course, making our way there took forever, because the subway we needed was closed and the signs were all wrong and we walked from one stop to another to another before we decided to just take a cab. We got lunch on the go and ate it in front of the abbey as we waited for the organ recitial to start.

(Looking stylish while waiting for the organ recital)

The organ recital lasted 30 minutes and was a perfect thing to do on our relaxing sunday. And I finally got to go into the abbey. (There is a back story here: when Jessica and I went on our trip to England with Grandma and Grandpa, we tried to go to Westminister Abbey but the grandparents were walking quite slow and by time we got to the abbey the person at the end of the line was holding a sign that said 'we are the last ones in the abbey today'...so we never got to go in) but now thats all changed. :) The songs were played beautifully and the building just takes your breath away. After the recital we walked around inside a bit but they were having an evening service so we couldn't hang around too long. We walked around parliment a little, then through St. James Park, around Buckingham Palace and Green Park. Lovely views and greenery.

(My model poses in front of parliment)

(Adam said he sat under this tree alone... we just wanted proof that he has sat under this tree with friends too)

It was time for dinner and Adam took us to Mayfair area, which is a very nice part of town, lots of nice cafes, shops, little alley ways, we found a good place for dinner and sat there eating, drinking, having a jolly good time on Alex's last night. After sitting for hours we walked around the area some more and went home.

Alex worked on some homework, Adam and I talked politics. And then it was bed time. I said goodbye to Alex, and went to bed. Im so happy that I got to spend this time with them. Im so lucky to have the friends that I do.