London--"Mind the Gap"

Ahh the Underground-what a fantastic transportation device! I have used it to get to most every destination even when walking might take the same time...why walk when you have a daypass? I have only been in London for 3 days and 2 nights but I feel like I have used my time well.

The Recap...
British customs guy bent on putting the American in her place...wanted my itinerary printed out for the following 6months!? but still letting me into the country-just wanted me to feel what the US does to their citizens...yikes! I finnaly arrived at my hostel at the St. Paul's old Boys Choir 3hrs after I landed, so with a tiger's milk bar for dinner I went to bed.
Day 1
Walked through and enjoyed a lawn chair in the beautiful St. James Garden! This place is by far my favorite place in all of London.  It was the hottest and sunniest day and everyone was out enjoying the sun!
I saw...

Piccadilly Circle, Tower of London, Tower of London Bridge, Buckingham Palace, St. Paul's Cathedral....so many things I can't even remember the names...statues, churches.
The people here dress so well, suit and ties and the women are in dresses and skirts, well the ones with jobs are;)
I finished my day up with a great dinner at the 'Old London' Pub.  Fish and Chips with a London's Pride ale.

Picture a plate of chips topped with a fried fish fillet with a side of tartar sauce and minted mushy peas. mmm!  All for under £10! When I got back to the hostel I went into the T.V. room and watched the second half of Predator vs Allien all the while a Swedish girl helped explain the nuances and what was going on and why she loves these movies-;)  Her favorite one is the Predator with Arnold-crazy!

Day 2

Walked over Millenium bridge and went to the Globe theater!! Wow!! I love Shakespeare!! 'As you like it was playing but they were sold out already for the night show...next time I will have to book online.  I then took the train to Salisbury to catch a bus to see Stonehenge.

Salisbury was beautiful! They have a huge cathedral in town and the downtown has tiny streets with lots of shops to wander through.  On the way to Stonehenge I stopped to check out Old Sarum which was the original city way back in the day -it is a round city, 2 circles of moats then a castle in the middle with defense walls around the moats.  The city was moved to Salisbury due to lack of water and not much use by the King.

Stonehenge was amazing.  I have seen so many pictures to be there in person was surreal.  I thought the stones were bigger then they were from all the pictures but otherwise it is much better in person to wander around it and to see the country that surrounds it.  All around it are burial mounds and open plains, which used to be a forrested area when the stones where errected.

Today Day 3

My last day in London!  I went and took a ride on the London Eye-the huge ferris wheel! I pre-bought my ticket at the hostel and wandered down- it took maybe 5 minutes to get on-it was beautiful! The view from the pod I was in was wonderful-I could see Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey just to name a few and the River Thames!

I fly to Bergen, Norway tonight!

Cheers for now!

P.S.-Just imagine hearing "mind the gap" in a British voice about a zillion times while riding the underground-refering to the space between the platform and the subway door.