Shortly after Julie left for Paris, we had a few more friends come to visit, Rod and Samantha! They came in on a Thursday and stayed through the weekend on Sunday. (Jeff went to UNCW with Sam.)
Even though Jeff was still in Switzerland that first day, we still went out and had a good time. We meet up with another friend that went to UNCW with Jeff and Sam, Hannah. Small world! haha We ended up going to an area in London called Brick Lane. This place is known for having LOADs of curry houses. You walk down the street and everyone is hassling you to come into their curry house because they were the 'Best in 2014'. Well let me tell you... everyone was the Best in 2013 and Best in 2014 and everyone had a deal going on
I think we ended up finding a decent one though!
The next day Rod and Sam went exploring out into the big city and we all met up later for dinner. It was Rod's Birthday, so we had a booking at Duck and Waffle. Unfortunately, I was not feeling too hot at the beginning of dinner... but started to feel better just in time for when the classic dish came out, Duck and Waffle :)
(Picture to come soon!)
The next day we all went out together to explore Borough, Tower Bridge, and a few other spots. It has been really cool having visitors because it reminded me of when we first got here. Some of the same things that we talked about they are bringing up, like the signs on the street to point which direction you need to look for on-coming traffic, etc.
After exploring borough, we headed toward Tower Bridge. Jeff and I hadn't actually been here yet... so we were photo happy!
A cool view/angle on the bridge
People Watching and taking in the view!
After the bridge we wondered over to
St. Katherine's Docks. Very cute little area!
As we headed back toward the center of London,
there were some great views to admire and soak in :)
We wondered by St. Pauls and headed to one of the oldest Pubs in London, Ye' Olde Chesterire Cheese and then to one of the oldest Wine Bars, Gordon's Wine Bar. Here is a photo of the cheese plate that we got at Gordons.
After the snacks and drinks, we headed back to the flat. We ordered some Thai and had game night! oh how I have missed game night. We played everything from Phase 10, Spades, to Catch phrase :) While Jeffrey and I are competitive, we still all had a great day and topped it off with a great evening.
The next day was Easter. The weather was pretty terrible (some of the hardest rain I have seen in london) so we all laid low after going to get some Sunday Roast.
Wow: All in all, we had another GREAT weekend in London and loved hosting for Sam and Rod. Next stop Amsterdam!!!!
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