Hello everyone! Ben and I decided to hop in to London during our lay over today, since we had to leave security anyway. We grabbed a train and ended up at Victoria Station which was right by Buckingham Palace. We decided to do our first touristy thing and walk to the palace and see it, and since we somehow have a special ability to visit locations during large events, we happen to get there just in time to watch the elaborate changing of the guard, along with about 1500 other friends. It was pretty neat to see, but nothing too special. Although as we were walking away from the throng of people I realized how glad I was that we were not doing all the touristy things, it was just so crowded.
After the palace, we decided to hit up a pub, called The Phoenix Pub and Eating House, and grabbed a couple beers and lunch before catching our back to the airport. The food in this little pub was great and the beers really refreshing. It was interesting to observe, though that the beers here seem to be a lot lower ABV than the beers that we are used to in the States, around 3.5%-3.7%. Well that is all I have for now, we are now just waiting for our flight to Rome to depart in about an hour and a half. If I feel up for it I might write a quick post when we land and get to the apartment to let you all know we made it. After today, I image the posting will become more so on a once daily basis. All the best and until next time!
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