Bob & Betty go British

Playing tourist

It's funny. Now that we've decided to live here, the desire to play tourist is suddenly less attractive. Maybe it was my mood, but trying to cope with all the tourists at Portobello Rd Markets on Saturday was hell. Aside from wanting to run away and hide under the bed, i'm determined to avoid crowds wherever possible from now on. It's bad enough just waking down the street without trying to go to a tourist attraction with everyone else. So we escaped to the quietness of Kensington Palace and the gardens. We didn't see the Albert memorial last time we were in London. I have to say that it seems a little extreme. But as Robert says, Queen Victoria was rather devestated when he died.

From the gardens we went to the Science museum. Big mistake. Every parent with their child was there. We quickly escaped to the Victoria and Albert museum to avoid the crowds. We saw lots of old cool stuff. We'll definitely have to go back. The place is huge.

Last night we had American style ribs at an American restaurant. Baby back ribs, beef ribs, pulled pork, smoked chicken. It was very tasty but you can't do that every week or you wont fit on the tube during peak hour.

Today we went to the Dali Universe exhibition. It was the only thing for a rainy day. We did make a very quick trip to Acton to see a flat but lets just say that we wouldn't fit in there. Hopefully it will be fine tomorrow for my peak hour trip to the city for my first interview!

posted by Elisabeth @ 11:10 PM