Elaine and Ryan's Adventures in England

Saturday, September 23, 2006

Speaking of twins in England...

Ryan and I went to London again today. We checked out a little more of the national art gallery and also walked the millenium bridge and along the victoria embankment. That part of my story is kinda boring since we told you all about our last trip, and this one was almost the same, but there was one really funny incident.

So, Ryan and I were walking along the street toward Trafalgar square, and I saw this s/he walking down the street. If any of you have seen "Transamerica" you get the idea. That wasn't even the funniest part. Not two seconds later, Ryan turns to me and says "hey, I just saw someone who looks just like your brother" (just a reminder Julie, yes, we do have a brother). I turned to look and see if I could see who he was talking about, and he finishes his sentence with "never mind, I think it was a girl!" No offence Richard, but it looks like you have a twin here too.

We did have a really nice lunch today. We went into the city with the intention of eating at a real honest to goodness English fish and chips place. I really wanted chips in a newspaper. Unfortuntely, the farther we got into the city, the less fish and chip joints we saw. So now we were wandering aimlessly past lots of perfectly good restaurants because I was bound and determined to get my chips in a paper. We finally stopped and asked someone if they knew of a good place nearby, and he pointed us back in the direction we were coming from. We're not that blind though, the place was disguised as a greek restaurant. We were standing outside looking at the menu, when I guy inside started yelling at us (nicely, mind you) to come in. He asked us if we were eating in or taking away, and I said eat in, just to make it easier. They promptly ushered us into this back room which turned out to be quite a nice restaurant. I kinda felt like I was back at mom and dad's though, cause they had mirrors covering every wall. We opened the menu, and I wasn't sure what to order, cause it was all greek to me (hahahaha), but I finally decided on the chicken doner. It came in a warm pita with greek salad. Ryan had a sausage with chips, but my chicken was absolutely amazing!! I'm sure you've all seen the huge chunks of meat on like a rotisserie thing? It was that, bbqed to perfection, and served with onions and some spice, and garlic sauce. It was awesome. Ryan's was good too, but not as good as mine. We were a little worried going in, because it wasn't food we were used to, but it turned out to be a good adventure. And it was even within our budget!! I still have a hankering for some chips in a paper, so that might be another blog!!

I promise to keep my twin list going. But no, Steph, I didn't see Princess Diana yet. Maybe she actually meant Camilla?? (that was a joke, I don't mean to offend you, it's just really easy to poke fun!!!)

Oh, Julie!! We found the cutest shirt for B. I think we will have to go back and make a special trip just to get one. We went into the United Colors of Benetton and...well, hold on a sec. For those of you who don't know, Bronwyn has been called a boy recently, and Julie is starting to get a complex. We found this shirt that was for a baby, and it was pink, and it had a rhinestone heart on the front with the word "girl" in it!!! I thought it might be appropriate to get for B. It came in other colours too. Blue, purple, pink, white. Every shirt she owns could say girl on it!! Just in case. But I guess now she doesn't need it. All she has to do if someone isn't sure is whip out her passport and prove them wrong!! She is a girl with many resources!

Ok, that's it for now. Love you all!

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