Pedal Boats and the Zoo

Not a terribly exciting weekend, but I wasn't working so that was awesome. We spent Saturday getting sushi near Harrod's and walking around Hyde Park. We also stumbled across the U.S. Embassy, which aside from looking like a panic room, looked like every building in DC. It stood out like a sore thumb amongst all the old time Victorian buildings and row houses in the neighborhood. And God help the person who stumbles into there on accident, as they will be greeted by several of America's finest with big guns. Also Saturday we rented a pedal boat at Hyde Park. I didn't realize how much work they were, but it was still fun. We only had one or two collisions, but nobody had to be tipped.

Today we decided on the London Zoo, which really wasn't anything spectacular. If you seen one sad and depressed giraffe, you've seen them all. They did have a sweet gorilla exhibit, though, where you actually are outside with them, no glass in between. They're pretty cool creatures, just sitting around eating each other's bugs and grass and occasionally pooping themselves. They really aren't all that different from you or I.

Photos from both excursions can be found here.

The real excitement I suppose was booking our tickets for gay Paris. I was there a few years back but the chunnel is exciting every time. I especially like the part when it goes dark for 20 minutes. My soul belongs to work next weekend, so it'll be a nice get away after a nice 73 hour week.