Ooooone Hundred and Eightyyyy...

I've been watching darts on TV. A lot. If you aren't aware, the English LOVE darts. It's a little ridiculous. I still don't get it, but whatever. It's hard not to get involved.

On another hand, I just got back from my day in London late last night. My dad and I caught the train at 1030 yesterday and made it in by 1230. We immediately went to Oxford Street, which is the major shopping street. We hit up a few shops before settling on H&M for the major shopping spree. After that, we went a block away to a really great, cheap but authentic Italian restaurant called Ponti's. It's right by the Oxford Circus tube station, if anyone's interested.

Decorations along Oxford Street

Houses of Parliament and Big Ben from the Eye

Panoramic view- Big Ben on the left

My camera was having problems, but it's another view of the Thames

It was really foggy that day

The capsule behind us

By the time we finished eating, it was 430 or so, so we headed over to the London Eye on the South Bank. It was already dark, and it had been foggy all day so the views weren't great but they were still pretty cool. My cousin's husband works at the Eye, so we got a free ride and were only with one other couple, instead of in a full capsule like usual.

We got off the Eye around 530 and had a pint with Dave, my cousin's husband, before heading to the football (aka soccer) game at Chelsea. We got to the grounds and had a quick bite to eat before going up to the visitors section with the rest of the Bolton fans. There was lots of cheering and chanting from our section, maybe even more than from Chelsea fans. Sadly, we lost 1-0 but it was a great game and Bolton played really well so let's see how they do against Liverpool on Saturday.

My dad and I got out of the game a bit early and nearly ran to the station so we could make it back to St. Pancras/King's Cross in order to catch our train back up North. It's amazing that it takes only 2 hours to 250 miles here but it takes me 9 hours at home. I don't get how that works but I think they need to fix that in the States. Alright that was a really long post, and I'll post again in a few days. 8 days until I go up to Edinburgh!