Highlights from the Weekend

*Listening as middle-aged + Italian men debate smoking cigarettes in restaurants, and then Jenny and I joining the debate, telling our views are about it as Americans.

*At that same Italian restaurant eating the best meal I've had since I arrived...mmmm, spinach tortelloni sprinkled with real, fresh parmesean, the house white wine, and smooth coffee ice cream covered in a shell of white chocolate with a resevoir of creamy chocolate in the center. Each bite was a reminder of why I love good food and am really sick of cafeteria food twice a day.

*Riding the lion at Trafalgar Square ;) Nice ass.

*The beautiful red, orange, and yellow curtain of leaves covering an entire wall near St. James's Park.

*Watching a procession of carriages, horses, guards, and dignitaries on their way towards Buckingham Palace. Oooh, and the palace itself with all the gold guilded gates. Too bad we didn't see the changing of the guard--another time.

*Staying up until 6:30am (after a night at the bar downstairs) watching late night BBC shows like the movie Maurice...so gay ;) No really, it was all about homosexuality in the early 1900s. And Hugh Grant went from looking like his young hot self to this dude with nasty slicked back hair and a bad mustache (he reminded me of the old Strong Bad, you know, from the days of The Sneak and such). And then watching a bad sitcom, a mind-boggling game show, and a wonderful little kid's song about Tigers..."Raowww, Raowww."

*And last but not least, making travel plans at 2am in the women's bathroom.