UK Adventure: Day 1, 2 and 3, London, England

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We arrived in London on Sunday about noon on the red eye flight from Toronto.
We got the rental car and started towards London.

We had decided that because of the congestion and me having to deal with a standard car on the "wrong" side of the road, we would find a hotel close to a subway stop which we would use to get us into the downtown core.
After figuring out the subway system, or "Tube" as they like to call it in England ...

... we spent Sunday afternoon walking around the city taking in the many famous sights.

Buckingham Palace.

Westminster Abbey.

London bridge

Tower bridge

Who has a quarter?

 Pilar, at the Prime Minister's house, 10 Downing street.

A Remembrance Day parade.

On Monday, we met up with my cousin Roger and his wife who were also on vacation in the city. Thanks to Facebook we were able to meet up and spend the day enjoying the sights of London on the Hop On Hop Off bus.

And then it was time for a pint or two...

After saying goodbye to my cousin and his wife ...

 ... we took a stroll through the city at night.

Tuesday morning we took a tour of the Tower of London ...

... Walked by Abbey road ...

... and the famous cross walk.

... and then we went to check out Camden Town Market.

Traffic jam in Wales

SKIPAPALOOZA 3

My wife and I went to Skipapalooza 3 on Saturday night.
I work with a guy who is one talented dude and although I know him by another name, all his friends call him Skip.

Skip plays the Bass guitar and apparently has quite a few very musically inclined friends.

Skip is also in a band called the MTN Dukes.
And man, can they rock.

Here is lead singer, Luke and his dad, who sat in for one number.

"Luke, I AM your father!"

It was also Skip's birthday.

Which was the reason for Skipapalooza 3
By all accounts, a rocking good time.

Green Day at the ACC

We went to see Green Day at the ACC last Thursday night.

The show was originally scheduled for January, to promote the release of their 3 new albums but was delayed until April so that lead singer Billy Joe Armstrong could get his shit together in rehab. Thankfully, it was well worth the wait.

I'm not really sure what the deal was with the 3 album release, but it would of made one good album. Thankfully they waded through the crap and only played a selection of the better stuff off the new albums, while mixing in a lot of their old crowd favorites.

This was the third time that I have seen Green Day and the other two shows before this, were better.

That being said, Green Day puts on one of the best live shows that I have ever seen and they remain in my top 5 concerts of all time. 

Great show.  

Ready For My Close Up

Straight from the groomers, all ready for spring.

 

Now all we have to do is get the weather to cooperate.

First Day of Spring