1st Cooked Meal

I would say today has been very productive.  I got some good sleep, showered and was able to relax for the first half of the day.  After that Bailey and I fixed the problems with our phones (turns out beautiful 02 phone man messed it up) and then we went out to lunch at Pizza Hut.  Now this was unlike any other Pizza Hut that I had ever seen.  The waiters were dressed in all black and there were wine glasses on each table along with wine list.  All in all it just seemed more refined.  That being said, I got the buffet and ate the pizza the only way I know how... with my hands.  Apparently that is not the typical custom of Londoners who took up a fork and knife to theirs.

After Pizza Hut we hopped on the Tube at Victoria Station for our first ever unsupervised Tube ride.  We even switched lines to get to Bond Street so we could see the United States Embassy.  To get to the Embassy we walked through Grosvenor Square.  According to the sign Grosvenor square has been associated with the US since the 1930s.  In the square there was a statue of FDR, a bald eagle monument and a reflection garden in remembrance of 9/11.  Thought that was pretty cool.  Bailey and I saw the American flag and sat down on a bench in the middle of the square and sang snippets of American songs like "God Bless America" and the National Anthem.  We felt pretty awesome.  We later went up to look more closely.  Bailey wanted to see the guards with the big guns and to see if we would be allowed inside.  Going inside isn't really an option, and we met the guards with the big guns when we attempted to take a picture of the Iowa flag in front of the embassy.  He came over and asked us not to take ground level pictures for security reasons.  Needless to say, the cameras went away.  Big gun = Yes Sir!

We went back to our room and relaxed for a while before Bailey wanted to go on her dry run to her internship and afterwards we would go to the grocery store to pick up some essentials.  Turns out her internship is in the "Dodgy" end of London.  Maybe not the best idea to go at night, but there were three of us so that made it more comfortable.  It took us 50 minutes by tube to get there and then about an hour to get back because the tube was so freaking crowded.  I mean you couldn't move.  More than once I was the last one on and had to suck in so the doors would close.  Good times.  But we made it back fine and hit up the G-store for some food.  I made Pasta Carbonara and Bailey made Macaroni and tomato soup.  I told her it would be better with tomato sauce but does she listen?  Haha it's ok, we all have our own tastes.  It was a darn good mean, and judging by how much our materials cost, bother our dinners came out to about 1.50 pounds or $2.20.  Not bad eh?  We will definitely have to eat in more.

Pip Pip Cheerio!

Side-note:  The Apple iPad looks soooo amazing!  They released it today and I can't wait til I get my own someday.