london update

ok, so, here I am in london. I'm taking a break at an internet cafe because I'm supposed to meet ashley in 20 minutes and don't know what else to do with myself. we've been having a great time - we went to the national gallery and its exhibit on carvaggio, british museum and its exhibit on mummies, tower of london, etc...
we decided to split up this morning because ashley wanted to go to the aquarium and I wanted to see the queen's gallery at buckingham. we're going to meet up shortly, go to the victoria and albert museum, have a traditional english tea (of course), then make our last trip to the british museum. we have to cut it shorter than me might otherwise because we're going to see the producers! we're going back to the hostel first to change into these trashy red tops that we found at a clearance store (they're supposed to be 'dresses', but we're going to wear them with jeans). it would have been great if we could have found fancy dresses (costumes, that is), but they would have been way too expensive.
we never did recover ashley's wallet - her mom called the credit card company who said that her card had been used to buy a train pass and then spent £250 (about $500) at a bar the same night it was taken. we've been getting along fine with a running tab - what we call 'ashley's blood/boba money'. how amazing that they have boba! the tapioca ball drinks which mom thinks are disgusting are so good, and ashley likes it too. other food adventures - turkish food wednesday night: very good; indian food last night: spicy, but good; and we're addicted to sainsbury's freshly baked cookies, especially the raspberry/white chocolate cookies.
time to meet ashley. cheers!