London - Day 1

Leslie and I arrived safely yesterday afternoon to the smiles of Alex and Ellie. We hopped in the car, popped open the bin of cookies that Jenn sent over with us, and headed out for Alex's parents' house. Roger and Irene are two of the sweetest people we've ever met, and we hope you'll all join us in pressuring them to come visit us some day. We had an amazing dinner, as anyone will when eating Irene's cooking, and then Leslie and I caught up on some very sweet sleep. The morning was beautiful as we had breakfast in the back garden (yard) and then we headed to London proper by way of the underground. We saw Big Ben - actually we saw the clock that encases Big Ben (the bell within the clock tower). We saw the house of parliment and Westminister Abbey and the Globe Theater, in which we will see A Mid Summer Night's Dream tomorrow night if all goes to plan, and generally had a wonderful time exploring London and all of her museums, St. Paul's cathedral, and all of her other diversions. St. Paul's was the most amazing cathedral I've ever been in, but we weren't permitted to take pictures, so these will have to suffice.