Day 5
Late start to the day. We were a little tired from the the night before. When we finally got up we wandered around Convent garden and had lunch. We saw a man sprayed gold, a warrior sprayed silver, a guy blowing in the wind, and a silver woman siting on a box. At the end of the street there was a man performing..... Not sure what? I think possibly he was playing a mad doctor of sorts. Threatening to put a nail through a kids head. Jayden loved all of them from a distances. We tried to give her coins, but every time we got close she would scream.
It was a beautiful day to ride the London Eye, so we headed that way. To our surprise there was only a 10 minute wait. We had outstanding views of the whole city!
That night we met Josh at his favorite Mexican restaurant for eats and drinks. The waiter gave him 2 bottles of tequila to share and take home. She even took shots with us. For the most part we had a mellow day and were in bed at a reasonable hour.
Day 6
We had our alarm set for 8 because we were going to get up and see the changing of the guards. We got all ready and headed out. One problem though..... It was raining extremely hard. JJ and mom did not bring rain coat, so they had sweatshirts on. I am not sure cotton was the best choice. We made it down the street before we all decided that this was not going to happen. My feet were soaked and my pant were getting close it. JJ,s sweatshirt didn't have a dry spot on it, Mike was starting to get pissed, and mom was telling us it isn't that bad. She had an umbrella. We were ducking and weaving under awnings trying to decide what to do.
We bagged the changing of the guards and went to a little breakfast bistro.
After breakfast we headed home to get dry. The weather did turn around and the day ended up being really nice.
We decided to do a bus tour and hit some major attractions. First stop Trafalgar square. Here we had our picture taken under the Olympic clock. We watched some weirdo do a strip tease in spandex..... Not the best street entertainment. There also was people dressed in really bad Mighty Mouse and Mickey costumes. Jayden wanted nothing to do with them.
Next stop Tower Bridge. We drove over it and got off the bus at the Tower of London. We walked around the perimeter and took pictures. We decided not to go in. JJ and Mike got Tower of London beers to drink (you can drink in the street here) and I bought an ornament.
Then we jumped on a boat and had a 30 minute tour on the river. Our guide was funny and full of useless information. Did you know that if a horse has two legs up the person died on the battle field or did you know that George Washington's statue was placed on soil from Virginia.
We thought the boat would take us back to where we started, but nope. It dropped us off by Big Ben. Big Ben is actually the bell inside the clock, not the clock it's self. Then we walked over to Westminster Abbey. It was closed to the public, so we were unable to go inside. From there we headed to Buckingham Palace.
We had such a nice day up to this point............
We weren't sure where to go and nobody would take charge. Mom only hears what she wants so would tell or ask us things that made no sense. This would make JJ and I both crazy. Then mike was going crazy because I was annoyed.
I suggested we get sandwiches and eat in the park. Except when we got to the park I wanted to just head to the palace and then get back on the bus. JJ wanted to eat in the park and mom wouldn't tell us what she wanted to do. To say the lease then is when we all butted heads and took some time for us all to get over it. You have to have some family drama when you are staying together in a one room flat.
Best part...... Mike was trying to get direction back to the tour bus and he stopped at a news stand to ask. He must of forgot we were in London and not France because he asked the guy if he spoke English! This infuriated the man and he snapped at mike and keeping talking under his breath. Mike was dumb founded but also furious that he was going on and on about it. Mike just stood there staring at him. Now on top of us all not getting along Mike is fuming mad! We did finally make it back to where we started.
Mike, JJ, and I headed to Josh's hotel to pick up JJ's bag. We had crack baby shots and headed to Chinese food.
Day 7
The wedding day!
We arrived by taxi to The Old Marylebone Town Hall. Josh and Mark were standing outside greeting everyone. Josh looked fantastic in his new suit. I cried when I saw him! The wedding was 15 minutes long, short and sweet. I sat right next to him while he said his vows and then signed the papers as his witness. Right before they exchanged rings they played if you like it shoulda put a ring on it........ Then the "minister" said something like I guessed they liked it so were going to put a ring on it..... Something like that, it was classic Josh! Perfect in every way.
He had a Volkswagon bus pick him and mark up and the driver was dressed up like the guy from lost. Then they had a double decker bus take most of the guest to the restaurant.
There was over 100 people there to celebrate with them. They ran there bar tab up to it's limit in 1 hour. The food was delicious, but we could have eaten a lot more than was served. They both gave sweet speeches that thanked their families and then each other. These can be found on Josh's Facebook. He made me cried when he told us he probably was never moving home. It was like a knife stabbing my heart.
I gave my speech and only cried twice. I think he really enjoyed it. His friends and family from the states laughed their asses off. But most of the guest didn't get half of it. But it wasn't about them anyways.
We left at 7 and mom took jayden home. We (mike, JJ, Megan, and I) headed to bar for half off drinks. For shots and a bucket for 20 pounds. On the way back to Josh's hotel I played umbrella wars........ Nobody knew there were playing. If your wondering what umbrella wars is, it's taking another person umbrella out! Yes, I was walking around Covent Garden hitting other people umbrellas with mine. Why? Why not?
We had one really expensive drink and then decided to head out again for food. We were all starving! Fish n chips it was!
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