London? In the words of Lil Mama “We Kilt It”

Our fellow Americans – Greetings from London

For those of you who are not partial to the fascinating phrases of one, Lil Mama, "kilt" is a synonym for dominated and that is pretty much what we have done. The pair of us have been in London for a day and a half and already feel like experienced world travelers. We spent the entire first day exploring the city carrying our 15lb backpacks. Despite our obvious handicap, we managed to see some spectacular sites. First visiting Shakespeare's Globe Theater where we were in a group with tourists from Italy, France and Australia. Our guide translated most of the interesting points into French for the others and the two of us shared a moment of collective panic as we realized that very soon we will be the ones needing a translation (or at least a really good audio guide!)

Despite our fears we soldiered on to the Tower of London. It was about to close so we raced to the Crown Jewels – each of us picked out our favorite and took them as souvenirs. We kid – but seriously, the Queen's jewelry is pretty bitchin'. We then attempted to get into Harrod's but were stopped by the doorman. Apparently they don't allow enormous backpacks into one of the grandest shopping stores in the world – who knew?! Now that we had some time to kill (we couldn't help ourselves) we popped into a Starbucks for a hot chocolate and comfy couch to rest our aching feet. That night we met up with Sophie (Tara's little sis who now lives in London) Andy and Austin. It was cool seeing faces from home even though it made the whole experience feel a bit surreal. We spent the night at Sophie's flat in Notting Hill – which, we must say is not as advertised – no Hugh Grant or Julia Roberts anywhere. We marveled at how tiny everything in the flat was - then remembered that London was built for Hobbits and were instantly okay with it. Navigating around the city is super easy as the Tube, and it's color-coded route maps, make everything a breeze!

Today was another day of domination. Saw the Annie Leibovitz exhibition at The National Portrait Gallery. Galavanted around Trafalger Square and eventually met some students going to Cannes. We joined Austin, Andy and Andy's roommate, Ben, for a pint of beer in a local pub. Being our first beer in London and first pint ever…let's just say the hops got us good. We had a fabulous stroll through Kensington Gardens and wound up at Andy's favorite restaurant, My Old Dutch. What does one order at a Dutch restaurant in London you may ask…ummmm, only the LARGEST crepes you've ever seen. They were fabulous.

Tonight we enjoyed Billy Elliot the musical and think that the kid who played Billy was retarded (note to readers, we will be using retarded as a synonym for AMAZING from now on!) The kid was like twelve and could back flip off of walls. Off walls for goodness sake! Resisting our urge to steal the talented child, which may or may not be illegal here, we are now back at the Holiday Inn-Kensington. We still have one more day in London ahead of us, so look out because there is a lot more ahead.

Stay tuned for:

• Day three in London
  
• Two Girls, One Cannes actually being in Cannes
  
• And a lot more amazing shenanigans
  

Leave us a comment because we'd love to hear from you or e-mail us personally at twogirls.onecannes@gmail.com !!!

Peace,

Mofftar

*This section is where we are going to do a special shout out to our friends from back home.*

This post goes out to Brian Drummy – we saw a British musical and visited the Globe – how much more B-Drum can you get!? Hope you're well, buddy.