For my birthday a few years ago, my wife got me tickets to see Arsenal play Middlesborough.  We flew to London and met up with our friends Emily and Shona, who live in London.  We stayed for 4 days, then headed over to Dublin to visit her family.  My travelogue is below.

Well, today jetlag got the better of us, as we didn't wake up until 11:00 am, despite the alarm going off at 7:00.  Our tour of Parliment was cancelled, as they are closed for Christmas.  Oh, well.  Anyway, we decided to walk around the part of town we are staying in (Bloomsbury).  

Tonight, we met our friends Emily and Shona for dinner and drinks at Piccadily Circus.  They took us to a pretty cool little bar, then we went to a fantastic Thai restaurant for dinner.  And the portions were normal sized, not our crazy American supersized dinners!!  Afterwards, we went to Soho for more alcohol!!  You wouldn't believe the number of drunks we've seen stumbling down the street - and the bars and pubs close at midnight!!

Tomorrow, we're headed to see Arsenal play Middlesborough, the real reason we're in London!!  After the match, we're going to visit Amber's Aunt Hillary, who lives very near Highbury (Arsenal's stadium).  Her son, my future cousin-in-law, is also a huge Arsenal Supporter.  Guess it's a family trait!!

It was a bit wet - okay it was really, really wet - but we toughed it out.  Had a pretty lunch at Cafe London on Southampton Road, then walked over to see the house Dickens lived in (pretty appropriate for Xmas, eh?)  Went to the drugstore for Amber to get some contact solution (loads of fun) and took a nap around 4:00.