Friday, September 11, 2009

HELLO FROM LONDON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jeremy is here with me! We found each other easily, but it took him about 1.5 hours to get through customs and I was an anxious person waiting outside of customs. I was so nervous he was stopped or something?! I don't know, but after about an hour I started to get pretty nervous, I'm sure I was an interesting person to watch for the people watchers. But, all in all, we found each other. We had a long trip in on the tube (instead of the Express...it was cheaper), but got here fine (minus walking .5 mile in the opposite direction of the hotel). We're still trying to orient ourselves!

Our hotel is extremely nice! Way beyond anything we were expecting. It's new and they are trying to gain publicity so they offer great deals and seems to be absolutely fantastic (within the price of our other Hotels, but far beyond them in quality, I'm sure). We decided to make a quick stop so Jeremy could shower and rejuvenate and get ready for a action filled day! Fort

I wanted to upload some photos because I've been without a computer and you've been without sites, etc. So here you go!

This is a picture of a bank in Wroclaw. All of there buildings in the old city are brightly colored and so cute. I love it!

Here is a guard gnome next to his little house. It's really neat finding all of these gnomes in the city. They are really interesting and in little areas.

This is the cathedral of Wroclaw. It was phenomenal and this is the view from the other side of the river. The destruction this church suffered massive destruction in WWII and it's amazing how beautifully restored it is now. The pictures of the destruction are out of the realm of imagination. It was amazing.
This is the oldest church in Wroclaw. It was from the 12th century and is very small. There is a little adjoining portion to an old monastery and if you look closely you'll see a little dot. The legend behind this is that: a drunkard was sleeping under this and was dreaming of his recently passed wife. He was known to be terribly sad because nobody could make Sicilian dumplings like she could and he missed her. When he woke up there was a plate of dumplings and he ate nearly all of them, but decided to save one in memory of his wife. Well, greed got the best of him and he tried to eat the last dumpling and it bounced on top of the bridge thing and turned to stone where it has sat since.
This is the hotel I stayed in alst night while I was waiting for Jeremy. In this picture, I'm literally standing in the shower. It was that small. You could go to the bathroom while showering (not that I would, but it is possible). It was unbelievably small and when you showered, water was EVERYWHERE.

This is a picture of Jeremy arriving from customs at Heathrow. It's not the best picture, but I was so excited to see him, I could barely take a minute to take a picture! Hahaha! I'm glad he's here!!

We'll post more tonight!!!

1 comment:

  1. Hello gys! So glad to see you both found each other without any problems! I am sure it was a relief on both your parts! I am so excited to hear how you like london and paris! I know about rome. I would be stopping at all the little pastry shops and you both know my all the pubs! Hope your time is eventful! See as much as you can, Jer., enjoy the time at the tables eatting and people watching. Believe me you will be there awhile.....I hope the weather is great. tell me all about the changing of the guard and the queen. is big ben big? how is the food...I would bet it sucks! Sorry I don't believe the hotel is nice and if it is WAIT TILL YOU GET TO ROME! Dana did you get any amber?

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