"Oh what did you do today?" "We saw the mother-fuckin Queen of England, that's what."

So, as the title tells you, today we saw the queen! She was riding in her coach just 20 feet away from us! Unfortunately, the pictures are quite fuzzy due to our excitement. So, she takes a photo just like Sasquatch. However, if you zoom in, you can just see the crown on her little old head.

(the processional parade)

(The Queen of England)

(hardcore cops with their machine guns)

We also went to King's Cross Station, to platform 9 3/4 and did some dorky poses for the pictures.

And the Knight's Templar Church.

We then went to Hamley's, the oldest toy store in the world, at a whopping 250 years of age (and we bought a Paddington bear :).

Tomorrow is our last full day in London! We have a huge day planned...The London Eye, a river cruise on the Thames, fish and chips and pints, and Mama-Mia tom. night! Tomorrow will be our last post from London. See you day after tomorrow!

Love you!

Jan & Jared

"I tell you...it's just a stones and sheeps."

- So said our bus driver to Stonehenge about Stonehenge.

"I hate when I'm trying to look at a 5,000 year old monument and a fat girl with a jingly purse walks by." - Jared, at Stonehenge, about a fat chick.

So today we caught our bus to Stonehenge which took 2 1/2 hours each way. Once we got to Stonehenge we were in awe......It is just as magical and mysterious as you would think.

We will let the pictures do the telling, as there are really no words that suffice.

(Sheephenge)

We love and miss you guys!

Jan & Jared

"He's right behind you! ...OH, such serious facessss!"

Last night we took a little (hrumph, yeah, little) Jack the Ripper walk. Our guide was the world's leading expert on the Jack the Ripper case and novelist on the same subject.

(Part of the London wall, almost 2,000 years old.)

(Tower of London during sunset.)

(Expert guy)

(One of the oldest buildings in London, built just after the great fire in the late 1600's.)

He took us around to each of the murder sites, where the women were butchered.

(Jared and I smiling at the spot where Catherine Eddows was found hacked to death.)

(This is the original pub where the 5 prostitutes and victims of Jack the Ripper hung out at...where, allegedly, Jack himself, probably hung around..OOoooOOOoooOOOoo)



(Where this staircase is, an alley used to be, and in the alley was a little apartment where Jack the Ripper's last victim, Mary Kelley, was found - butchered to pieces.)

We also bought his book, which he autographed, and it contains horrific pictures of the women's murdered bodies.
Now, on to Stonehenge!

See you later tonight!

Jan & Jared

"I don't wanna get cut by a man on a little motorcycle!"

Who knew that you could get a sunburn in England? We didn't. Which is why we're sporting some pretty hardcore sunburns :/

Yesterday afternoon we headed to the National Gallery, where such priceless pieces of art as Van Gogh's Sunflowers hangs. After seeing some amazinggg works of art, we met up with a group for a Ghost Walk- while informative, it was lacking in the ghost department. However, it was well worth the 10 quid to see Sweeney Todd's barber shop and Mrs. Lovett's bakeshop (although they are different businesses now, obviously.)

(The Barber Shop) (Front of what used to be Mrs. Lovett's bakeshop)

Today, we started off early by having a big English breakfast; which consisted of eggs, baked beans, roasted mushroom, tomatoes, and chips for me and three pancakes for Jared ( he says they tasted just like powdered donuts tho yuck ). After breakfast we walked down the street where we rented a rowboat on Hyde Park's Serpentine Lake. It was incredibly fun (and entertaining) to watch Jared row :)

It was also very cute to see the little kiddies riding their scooters and swimming in the lake.

Right after that, we took a bus to Trafalgar Square, where we met up with a group for the Beatles walking tour. It was very interesting to see the major landmarks in the band's career - but, really, we were too tired and sunburnt to reallyyyy enjoy it.

( Jan & I learning the ways of the Underground)


(In front of the National Gallery )

(Along the Beatles walk we saw a place where Mozart once lived and where the Beatles

premiered a lot of their songs/movies.)

(The Clash was formed in the line outside of this venue)

Portobello Road Market

Today Jared and I decided to head to the Portobello Street Market. This famous market is in the part of London known as Notting Hill. It is exactly what you would imagine - beautiful fruit stands everywhere, antique stands, clothing stands, and jewelry stands. AND TONS OF PEOPLE- NOT KIDDING- LIKE A BAZILLION. The food stands are open all week long but it is only on Saturday that the rest of the stands make an appearance - and it was well worth the £4 pounds for the busride.

(Where's Janice?)

In this market we saw cute Dutch women in beautiful dresses, an old man with a cane and a jack russel sitting on his shoulder (pirate style) while he walked down the street, and a british boy duwop group, just to name a few of the interesting sites to behold.

And Jared finallllyyy bought me my wedding present - da da da duh!!!

A pair of beautiful cameo earrings dating back to the late Victorian Era. Aren't they lovely?

I wish we could've got more pictures - but this part of the city is notorious for pickpocketing, so Jared and I remained on alert.

We love and miss you all,

sincerely,

Jan and Jared