A Fairly Fabulous Day

We were so excited that our friends, Brendan and Tiffany, from Houston decided to come to London and spend Christmas with us!  This is the day they got here.  We went out to Heathrow to pick them up.  Then it was our job to keep them awake until bedtime.  So, we took them to central London to walk around in the cold all night.  That's away to keep someone awake.  At least it worked up us.  Westminster Abbey was looking rather festive that night. Big Ben was not as festive, but still beautiful nonetheless. The next day Brendan Tiff went out sightseeing while we ran errands, but later we met up with them at the Natural History Museum.  I had never been.  It's huge.  We only saw a few wings.  We started with my personal favorite: Dinosaurs! (RAWR!!!!)  But what was hilarious, is that most of the casts they have of dinos come from Utah.  Apparently, Utah is where all the cool dinosaurs hang out. We al...

The holidays definitely took their toll on my blogging.  However, not to fear I have many posts planned to get caught up with life over here across the pond.   We were so excited to spend Christmas in London.  The city was pretty festive and we enjoyed just walking around and taking it all in.  Some of the best street decorations were around Oxford street and Regent Street.  This is a view up Tottenham Court Road from Oxford.  We have been missing some of our American food, especially a good burger joint.  Even though I don't eat cows, I still love the fries, shakes and a good veggie burger.  We have discovered the BEST burger place, EVER!  Dare I say even better than Five Guys and Smash Burger?  I know it's absolute heresy to say it but I think it's true.  Gourmet Burger Kitchen or GBK now has our vote 100%.  Their Nutella shake and rosemary skinny fries are to die for.  Anyone that comes to London, seriously...