I’ve only gotten 2 hours of sleep since leaving Santa Barbara on Thursday morning, so this is just going to be some highlights of the trip so far.
We had lunch at the Ship and Shovel, a few blocks from Westminster.  We all had fish and chips and pints of Pickled Partridge, a winter seasonal ale.  This was my first proper English pint, so I was taken off guard at first.  It was warmer than I was used to, and the bubbles weren’t dancing on my tongue.  I still liked it, but I definitely need to get used to the different style to fully appreciate it.
We went to the Winston Churchill and War Cabinets Museum, housed in the bunkers Churchill and his staff used during World War II.  It was fascinating to imagine what it must have been like during that time.  I didn’t know much about Churchill, and still don’t, but I feel like I should read a biography on him.
We went to Spamalot tonight, a musical based on Monty Python’s Search for the Holy Grail.  It was quite hilarious, and I enjoyed seeing parts from one of my favorite childhood movies upon stage.  At the end, the finale involved getting an audience member on stage and dropping a bunch of confetti.  Very entertaining, and also helpful in waking me up a bit.
The concierge had made us a reservation at the Hampshire Hotel, near the theatre.  We sat down and realized it wasn’t an interesting menu, and didn’t even feel like much of  a restaurant.  We decided it was best to just try to walk around and find a place for dinner.  We ended up at Rock Garden near Covent Gardens.  We had a decent cote du rhone to go along some filets and pan fried swordfish.  Desert was a treacle (think caramel) pudding with ice cream. We had some single malt scotch to wash it down.  Not a fancy meal, but it sure hit the spot.