First, many of you know that my (Emily's) family came over to celebrate with us. My mom, dad, brother (Andy) and his girlfriend (Macey) all made the long trip across the pond to see us, as well as travel a bit around Europe.
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| The Sundins in Trafalgar Square |
The first week we spent in London, with Brandon and I as the official tour guides. We took them to all the well-known sites, as well as a few of our favorite spots.
Some highlights of our week in London:
Edge Bar - On the first afternoon the Sundins were in town, we first took them Oxford Circus and Soho. They were pretty much starving since they had been on a flight all night and spent over a hour on the tube getting to their flat. So we walked into the first decent looking pub we found. After being seated and ordering our food from a well-dressed, well-groomed waiter, we began to notice the signage and noticing the interesting videos playing on the big screens. Then my dad mentioned, "Is this a gay bar!?!?" And yes, the first pub experience for my family was at a gay bar. However, the food was good and decently priced and the waiters were friendly, so overall we had a nice experience.
"Andy is Out, Macey is In" - When we took the family to St. Catherine's for their Christmas Carols service, Macey got confused as being my sister, apparently we look more alike than Andy and I do! So we decided that she is now in the family and Andy is out. Also at the service, Brandon and I performed a jazzy version of The Holly and the Ivy for saxophone and piano.
Christmas Eve at Westminster - Beautiful church, beautiful service, a great way to spend Christmas eve! Even though pictures are not allowed, Dad was sneaky and took this great one of us with the candles!
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| Carols and Candlelight at Westminster |
Boris Bikes on Christmas Day - Since all public transport in London shuts down on Christmas day, we had no way of getting around town. So we decided to rent a few bikes from the nearby bike stand and rode bikes around the Hackney area on Christmas day. We also had tacos for Christmas dinner, not the traditional, but still very tasty!
In addition, we toured the Tower of London in the rain, ate at lots and lots of pubs and sort-of saw the changing of the guards at Buckingham (which it is not really worth seeing and was rather disappointing...). We also walked across the famous Abbey Road and enjoyed cheese, bread, chocolates and mulled cider at Borough Market.
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| The fam at the Tower of London, with Tower Bridge in the background |
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| Abbey Road |
Check back soon to hear about our adventures in Amsterdam!
Em and B
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