Visits from People I Love! Thanksgiving!

November was full of visits from people I love. For Thanksgiving, Kathy and Monica came! We had a fabulous time...I showed them my favorite London stops and we had the most delicious Thanksgiving meal on the planet on top of the OXO Tower (it has some of the best views of London in the city). Yes, it was strange to spend Thanksgiving here because no one seemed to care! No turkey, no cooking, no Macy's parade, no football, no feeling of exploding from food overload. But the most important thing is that I gave thanks for having the most fabulous flatmates ever, and that this London experience has been extraordinary. And that I got to spend it with family, how wonderful!

Kathy and Monica!!

We went to the Ceremony of the Keys at the Tower of London (a way to get in for FREE!!) and saw this procedure for locking up the tower that they've done every night for over 700 years!At Greenwich--beautiful as ever!

Just after Thanksgiving, Nicole visited! She came to the big city from this little hick town in America called New York. So naturally she was like a country mouse out of her element =) First adventure was finding her... she arrived into the airport at around midnight, took a train to central London, than a night bus to about 10 minutes from my flat. So she calls at around 2:00 AM and I attempted to meet her at the bus stop (I got a bit lost!). Crazy that the night never sleeps here. Probably there are more normal people out at 2:00 AM than 2:00 PM! But she made it here and we had a fabulous time. We saw the crack at the Tate Modern, went to Covent Garden, shopped at Portabello Market, ate at a pub, had fish and chips, attempted to go to quiz night, played card games with the flat, took a walking tour of Westminster, and had girl talk time at night! An amazing time with a dear friend!! Alas, it was too short.

Sleepover with Nicole! I may not have a big floor, but it's open for whoever wants to visit =)

Nicole under the giant iron spider outside of the Tate Modern. The spider even has eggs in an egg sac. Watch out!