"War, children, its just a shot away, just a shot away!"

Last night I met some people at the open mic night at the hostel- 2 girls from the states and a guy from Brazil. We taught him an American drinking game and he seemed a liitle overwhelmed at first by Circle of Death. One of the girls and myself decided that we would go exploring together the next day which led to us exploring Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens and Kensington Palace.  We got a little lost but that led us to walk through a street with all the ambassadors houses....which were all gorgeous and huge! There was a princess Diana memorial at the palace gate and to this date people still lay flowers there. We decided we would rather go inside Buckingham palace instead of Kensington so we headed over to visit her royal highness. Apparently though we werent good enough to go inside...I.E. they ran out of tickets for the 50th anniversary opening today. Since it seems like its rare that they ever allow people in im definitely going to try to check it out again this week. Sorry Elizabeth, you're going to see me, like it or not. Lunch consisted of pasties which were quite good and we headed to the V & A museum.  Lots of cool things in there though I could have sworn there were some really famous works in there. No matter, still a cool building. At the hostel now and the news are on with a group protesting about Syria...that would have been interesting had i decided to go there today instead of yesterday. It's also extremely strange to hear the British news refer to the US and the amount that they do reference. Tonights plans appear to go pubbin' so cheers til next time!