Tourist in London, Take 1

My first weekend here, I covered a handful of the main touristy destinations - London Eye, Big Ben, Buckingham Palace. More interestingly though, I also visited London's oldest wine bar - Gordon's Wine Bar. The building has been in its current form since 1890! A friend and I shared a bottle of wine and I ordered a side of two delicious cheeses with a baguette.

After the wine, we went to see Yayoi Kusama Exhibit at the Tate Modern. My favorite parts of the exhibit was the ordinary living room/dining room covered in florescent multi-colored polka dots and the infinity mirror room (please ignore my bucked teeth in the second picture - not sure what happened there...).

Herbie now pees in Royal Parks

Despite the incredible hassle of getting Herbie from New York to London (at times I thought that smuggling drugs into the UK would be easier than bringing a dog here), it was of course entirely worth it. The parks here are perfect for dogs-- they can go off leash at any time of day and there is so much open green space to explore. So he is keeping busy-- running like a maniac, meeting dogs that bark with British accents, and becoming acquainted with the Queen's beautiful white swans.

We have some catching up to do!

Hi everyone! It has been almost a month since my last post, but to say things have been busy would be a complete understatement. Anyway, I have been in London for about three weeks now and I am happy to say that I am starting to feel very at home here. I plan to use some of my next posts to play catch-up.