Day 2

Day 2 was Valentine's Day, and thus the reason of the whole trip. Being a Sunday we decided to let ourselves sleep in until church at 1. When we walked into the building we were immediately greeted by an American, who we sat next to, and actually had another American on the other side as well. And alas, hard as I looked, I found no snogging prospects there that day...After church we headed off to the Tate which was fairly unexceptionable except for the front:

Apparently they were doing a Beatles exhibit.

We also started watching British TV around this point and I must say, I always thought that I was just a Doctors fan, but it turns out that I love British soaps in general. I mean, Coronation Street was pretty uninteresting--the only plot seemed to revolve around a very middle-aged woman with a very underage boy  looking for her husband (who was lost at sea). But on Hollyoaks it started out with stolen prom dresses, a transvestite breaking up with his girlfriend (yes, you read that right), a girl sending her robbing-skeaze-bucket boyfriend to jail as he stabs the guy who was trying to save her, then that guy turning out to be using her for her money which he steals after she moves out (and they somehow got married in there), and her best friend seeking solace/psychological advice about her leaving in a blond girl who desperately wants him though he never notices, a super-religious Indian family who have taken in a girl whose mother only turns up when she wants money have a huge showdown with the mother (who they kick when she come to visit), while the previously mentioned dumped girlfriend goes on a bender and lets the teacher who's been supervising the stolen-prom-dresses kids move in with her because he gets kicked out on Valentine's Day. Who says there's nothing good on TV anymore?

We also hit up Westminster. I'd forgotten how cool that building is:

I also took a picture of the guide for those reliefs on the wall:

We got in for an organ recital and (albeit blatantly breaking the rules) managed to snap one picture inside:

I still wonder what this was supposed to be:


Anyway, V-Day dinner we couldn't think of anyplace great to go so we just stumbled into this place, not realizing that we'd found our home--the Valentine's Day Reject's Cafe:

There were a few people alone, one couple who obviously couldn't get a reservation, some friends sitting together and even one girl with her parents. That place was like the antidote to romance, but the food was amazing. I even took a picture of the cake:

After dinner we headed off to see where I lived when I went to school there:

I know. I'm hot, right?

Anyhoo, we also found a lovely little picture on a map:

Right there! In the center! That's new. I'm so proud of us.

Thus endeth Day 2...