London

As most of you know, Lars and I (Ben) have embarked on a month-long adventure through Europe. Our tentative itinerary includes a week in the following places: Greece, Italy, Germany and the Netherlands with a short stop in Belgium. We are currently flying over greece on our way to Athens from London. Two days ago, Lars and I met in Heathrow Airport after tow relatively uneventful flights. We attempted to ride the tube to some family friends but a key section was closed for repairs. We were forced to figure out the bus route to their house, and managed to take the correct line going in the wrong direction. However, the view from the top of the double-decker bus was a good way to see more of London.

Once we arrived at the house, we dropped off our bags and decided to explore London. Our first stop was Buckingham Palace.

Lars managed to tame and ride an enormous lion that was prowling near the castle grounds.

We spotted the London Eye and made our way towards it, stopping by the National Gallery on the way. There were many babies and dolphins…and they weren't feeling very well.

Next we crossed the Thames and passed by the London Eye.

Big Ben

We were feeling pretty hungry at this time so we decided to find somewhere to eat. This, as everything else that we had done that day, took longer than expected.

But we eventually made it to Soho and ate at an Indian restaurant called Masala Zone. We figured out the train for the journey back to our beds and fell asleep promptly.

After a refreshing twelve hours of sleep we returned towards the city center and visited Shakespeare's Globe Theater.

We then spent a couple of hours in the Tate Gallery of Modern Art.

View from a park near the Tate Gallery

After crossing the Millennium Bridge we took the tube up to Abbey Road and Lars got his mandatory picture dodging traffic on the famous crosswalk.

We returned to for a delicious dinner with our hosts, attempted to write a blog entry, and fell asleep.

We didn't do a whole lot today except fail at finding fish and chips for lunch and make our way back to Heathrow for our flight to Athens.

We'll be in Athens until the 1st of June. Our plan is to catch a ferry to a small island in the Cyclades and spend a few days there. We will post a new entry when we have time, energy and internet access.

Until then, Andio!