My Week of Being a Tourist

You'll have to excuse my lack of posts recently. My time has been filled with lots and lots of work, but last week was also filled with lots of great stuff with some lovely visitors I had here in foggy London. Since we had to cram so much stuff into one week, I'm just going to provide you with a list of all of my favorite things.

1. 24-hour trip to Paris! We went in the Chunnel! And had croissants and Berthillon ice cream and great wine and macarons! This time I also tried foie gras for the first time and had some wild boar stew which was fantastic. (Yes, most of what I get most excited about in Paris is food-related.) We did the sight-seeing stuff too. (Plus it was so wonderful to show my grandmother around since she'd never been.)

2. Full English breakfasts. So it's disgraceful, but I hadn't had one of these since being in London. I was not disappointed. It helps that I'm weird and actually legitimately enjoy black pudding.

3. Boat ride on the Thames. At sunset. Enough said.

4. Riding the London Eye on a slow day with only four other people in the pod with us and seeing all of London.

5. Hearing live French jazz in a bar in Paris while drinking a Monaco.

6. AFTERNOON TEA. I wish I could do this everyday. We went to the Wolseley (try to not say that name with a pretentious old-fashioned English accent) where they have the best scones I have ever tasted. Topped with clotted cream and jam. Descriptions cannot do it justice. Plus you just get to hang out for hours eating and drinking tea. My dream.

7. Seeing a play in the West End starring Arthur Darvill (Rory from Doctor Who for all you fellow nerds) and Matthew Lewis (Neville Longbottom from Harry Potter...I don't know which reference is nerdier).

8. After-theatre drink at the Waldorf. (Sometimes I like to pretend that I'm actually classy.)

9. Going to the Tower of London and seeing some actor playing one of the kings just chilling and interacting with tourists from Argentina. Slightly awkward because he was so in character, but still excellent.

10. Thanksgiving in London with family and friends from all over the world.

11. Mulled wine. I really can't get enough. I need a recipe to make it at home.

12. Watching the new Bond film and recognizing all the places in London, particularly the tube station that I get off at to go to school where Bond had to bust through the door. So excellent.

That's all for now. Clearly it was a pretty excellent week. And I just noticed that about half of those are food- or drink-related. Yeah...I'm okay with it.