Part 2 of my parent's visit

So onto Tuesday. We started a little bit later because today was the day of the Ceremony of the Keys at the Tower of London. We spent the morning at the Victoria and Albert Museum. I wasn't too big of a fan of that museum. It was a little boring and the only good thing was the most haunted bed in England. The biggest thing about Tuesday was Mom finally met Kathleen. Mom's been wanting to meet her since I did. We all meet at the Gourmet Burger Kitchen right by the Tower. I invited Jenny, Montana, and Kathleen to come to the Ceremony. Mom liked Kathleen though which I knew she would. They both like to creep on unsuspecting people in their houses...it's a bond that I will never understand. I hear though that Kathleen and Montana couldn't really understand Dad. I don't understand that since to me he doesn't have an accent, well a Boston one, and hasn't had one for years. Though I still hear it when he says Horse, but that's about it. Sorry Dad.

The Ceremony itself was pretty cool. There was a special party there so it was more crowded than usual, but we still got to see. It lasted about 7 minutes with lots of marching and the yelling of Halt. Apparently, they've been doing this ceremony for 700 years, if I heard correctly. We also got a short tour of the Tower of London, which I've been in before, but I never get tired of the history of the place. It's amazing that's it's still standing and in good shape after 1000 years and the Blitz.

Wednesday was another calm day. I got a new SIM card for my phone since I hate T-Mobile. It would have been easier to rent a car than get Internet on my phone, I swear to God. So now I have O2, and the girls are happy since when we start paying for Internet, it will be cheaper than it was going to be. We have O2 Internet... Anyway, the parents came out to Kingston. They didn't get here until 1pm, and we really didn't do much. We went back to Kings Road since they had the stuff they brought for me, like my skates, and then we walked around Kingston a little bit. Mom cooked dinner for us and Jenny. Yummy. I picked pork. We were on High Street when we saw Judi Dench.

Thursday was Westminster Abbey and the biggest epic fail of my life. But first the Abbey. Again, been there, but still it was nice. So much history in one place. I lost Mom and Dad very early on in the tour, I was doing the audio guide as they were, but Jeremy Irons just talked faster in my guide. Haha. After the Abbey, we got lunch and then MK had to go to Abbey Road. Yipee. It started raining as we got to St. John's Wood and was down pouring by the time we got to Abbey Road. Jenny and I had plans to meet in Leicester Square because of the Alice in Wonderland premiere. Epic fail. We saw nothing. I thought we had a good spot right against the barriers, but all I got for my troubles was the barrier against my rib cage. I heard girls screaming, "It's Johnny! It's Johnny!" and that's it. I didn't see him. Sigh. Jenny had her sister with her, and her sister was tall enough to see Anne Hathaway. I saw nothing. To make up for this, a little bit, I got to see a play. We saw Oliver. It was pretty good. I had Mom next to me singing some of the songs. It wasn't the first time she saw it.





Friday was their last day. Kinda sad, but we spent it in the coolest place. The Tower of London. It was just Mom, Dad, and me. MK went off on her own. We took the tour and then explored on our own. Last time I was there, I didn't go into the Bloody Tower or any tower but the White Tower. So this was cool. The Bloody Tower was cool and I believe it was in there that I met two of the coolest people ever. They were pretending to be from like the 16th century or 17th... I'm not completely sure. They asked where I was from and without realizing who they were, I said Boston, MA. They asked where that was and if it was near Spain. I was a little confused, but when the guy asked if it was near Winchester, I got it. I said yes. We got talking about Arthur and of course I took the position that Arthur was descended from the last Caesar. Yes, I like The Last Legion a little too much. Dad came in at that point and I told him we lived near Winchester. He didn't completely get it either, but we ended up having a cool conversation with them. He thought about them later and realized he could have been really witty with them by saying, he lived in Boston and summered in Plymouth. Which is true and both those are English towns. Haha. If only he thought of it before.




After exhausting the Tower, we went to the Museum of London. I thought Mom would like to see the Lord Mayor's carriage that is brought out in the Coronation of a new King or Queen. So we went to the Museum of London and yeah not there. They are keeping it under wraps while they set up a new exhibition and that is going to be the big head line of it. Thanks Museum of London. But we did explore the Roman stuff, saw one of the shirts Charles I was wearing when his head was detached from his body, one of the death masks of Cromwell, and a small room with stuff about the Great Fire of London. Museum of London is smaller than the British Museum and less crowded. We went to the Hard Rock Cafe after the Museum of London and then I went with them to Camden and back to their hotel.

It was sad to leave them. I enjoyed their visit, though I did like being able to sleep in again and not be in London all day and then go to work. I felt like I was juggling way too much and when I finally got home I just collapsed. Thank God, I didn't even consider going to classes that week. I missed everyone at the pub, but a chance of pace was good for a week. I think they had fun too, though I know Dad was ready to go home. The pace of London was a little too much for him.

Since they have left, I've gotten back in the routine of class and work. I went out with Liz and her friends that following Wednesday and now have been facebooking one of her friends. He's on a mission to research the Avalanche and get me ranting about different topics concerning them. He tried the rivalry between the Dead Wings and Avs, but that really died when Patrick retired. Good try though. I threw a party for Victoria, well I organized a trip to the Mill and then Lloyds. It was fun, especially trying to get Chris to dance. He's so funny.

I'm going to Malta in April! I'M SO EXCITED!!!!!! April 7-10!!! Woohoo. And hopefully Thorpe Park around the 17th with Liz and her friends.

And I think that's it. Lol. My life, now up to date.