London Update (mid summer)

(written early Julyish?...you'll notice we started back-dating the posts so it kind of looks like we were on top of things.)

So first, Eric wants me to tell you that we also went to Romeo and Juliet at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in May. However it was SO long ago, that it doesn’t even fit in with this post. So, consider this me telling you that we went to the play; we got seats and sat centre stage. It was really cool, but really touristy. (I am inserting this to keep us in marital bliss.)
So, between our travels we have been able to squeeze in some other London stuff as well. In June, our friend Mary Grace organized a night out (a club night out). We started off by going for dinner at this really posh, swanky club just north of Soho. When the bottles of champagne started at £500 a bottle (none ordered of course), I think we might have been a little bit out of our league. Then we headed to Café de Paris to watch Samantha Ronson “spin.” We were out till the wee hours of the morning, took the night bus home and went to bed when the sun was coming up.

Another adventure was spending the day sightseeing with our friends Aaron and Jenna. We went to Hampton Court palace, which is another palace in West London; we had free passes, so we figured it was worth it. The palace itself was okay. We grabbed a quick lunch and then headed to Kew Gardens, which are considered the Royal Botanical Gardens. However, after going to Keukenhof in Holland, these gardens couldn’t compare, but still nice. We were also able to hit up another palace (Kew Palace) before the day was over. We concluded the day by eating at “our” burger place in Chiswick and having the most amazing chocolate shake of my life!

Another weekend, we went up to Hampstead (and the Heath), which is an area (and park) in north London and at the top of a hill so it has great views of the city. It was a lovely day and we found a grocery store that had a secret room of food imported from America (amazing).

Our last major event in June was that we went to the Kings of Leon concert with our friends JP & Brittney (who were recently engaged, congrats to them). The concert was at the O2 arena, we all met up for Tapas and Sangria before the concert. The concert was REALLY good, and we think they were filming for a music video or DVD or something...so if you ever catch something on Kings of Leon live in London, we were there!
Just wanted to give you a quick update of some of the other things that we have been doing in London besides working. :)

More pictures:
Globe Theatre
Clubbing
Hampton Court Palace
Kew Gardens & Palace
Hampstead
Kings of Leon Concert