Update

Well, we got the flat in London, so our new address is:

Flat 5
42, Queensborough Terrace
Bayswater, London W2 3HS

We’ve become experts at riding the Tube. That’s what they call the Underground. We went to Kensington Gardens yesterday to hang out for a while. As I mentioned in an earlier post, it’s right at the end of our block. I was looking at a map this morning and can see that there is a massive green space in the center of London. It connects Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park to Green Park, Palace Gardens, and St. James Park.

On Friday, we went to Piccadilly Circus. It’s sort of like London’s Time Square. Nothing was happening except a lot of traffic. Not very interesting. We bought some lunch and walked over the St. James Park, sat in some chairs and ate a picnic lunch. I had no idea that we were at one end of that green space and would soon be living at the other end. We could literally walk from one end of it to the other and be home.

It’s absolutely massive. It’s like London’s Central Park, but even larger. My goal is to walk from the eastern-most tip in St. James Park to the western-most tip in Kensington Gardens (or go the other direction) and see how long it takes, then based on the idea that we probably walk 3 miles per hour, I’ll be able to figure out approximately how many miles across it is and will blow your minds when I tell you all.

Here’s a map of London: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&q=map+of+London&um=1&ie=UTF-8&split=0&gl=uk&ei=5Eg-Sre7Jp68jAe58NT6Dw&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=image&resnum=1

We’ve got 13 things on our list of things to do in London, but will probably come up with a lot more. I’m also itching to get out of the city and do some camping, but haven’t yet sorted out what to do with all our stuff. It’s too much to carry. Of course I brought my own personal library with me. I might have to learn to embrace Kindle one day. Ugh!