we arrived in london safely.

nothing at all was open and we had a devil of a time finding a place for a pint. ended up at someplace called the fox and the pheasant were a family was celebrating their xmas. apparently that is more normal than we thought as the next place we stopped in also had that. after a pint or two we continued on our walk/exploration of the city and ended up in a massive old cemetary which was also next to the chelsea football team stadium. unfortunately the match was sold out. later in the evening we again continued our quest for more beer and after about 10 miles of walking ended up finding a pub half a mile from where we started. quickly we made friends and before long we were singing music out loud. the pub got close to close so they turned down the lights and closed the curtains. apparently here closing time means different things compared to denver since no one stopped drinking and people started smoking inside. having reached our limit though we left and headed home only to be intercepted by some random guys who invited us for an after party at someones flat. turned out the party was earlier in the day but that didn't stop anyone and before long we were again drinking and talking with our new friends. this lasted till about 5am local time when we decided to stager back to our place a block away.

today's plans are to hit up the underground and try and see things like big ben and such.

our flight tomorrow leaves at 9:30am and then it's off to india!

-mark