And you couldn't have done it without me. Thanks Re-Re!
I can say that my time so far has been interesting and I have enthusiastically in opened myself up to my new surroundings. So of course I have gone the tourist route. I have added links to certain places...just in case you are like me and are not up on all your British history. Just click on the one's that are underlined and away you go!!!
1st London Weekend:
Big Ben, the London Eye, Parliament, St. Paul's Cathedral, Tower Bridge, Oxford Circus, Piccadilly Circus, Bank of England (just the outside), the Tower of London, Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace.
2nd London Weekend:
The Marble Arches,
The National Gallery
The paintings were absolutely freaking magnificent! I was able to relish in the up close view of great art. We saw the likes of Rebrandt, Manet, Monet, Goya, Vermeer, Seurat, etc. Sitting and looking at a screen during an art appreciation undergrad class is not the way art should be absorbed. Sitting in a room surrounded on all sides by creativity, drive, determination, color and light is the ultimate road towards understanding that we as humans can bring beauty to a canvas. Trafalgar Square,
John Keat's House (the poet), Boring for me, interesting for The Critter, but not interesting enough for him to pay to admire the inner dwelling of the famous Keats,
Notting Hill Carnival,
Speaker's Corner in Hyde Park, Many of the individuals on their soap boxes were spouting off on various topics, but most were discussing Muslims,
Allah, 9/11 conspiracy, Christianity, and 
homosexuality. We cruised from one speaker to another and listened to diatribes, rhetoric, heartfelt honesty and pure stupidty. I tried encouraging The Critter to find his own soap box, however he wanted to find the person that hung signs up denouncing homosexuality as a 
biblical sin. That person would have gotten an earful. Note from The Critter: I like fighting Bible verses with Bible verses. Only makes sense, non? If someone wants me to expand this, please let me know!
Hampstead Heath
The Critter and I had the most relaxing time laying on top of a hill and looking at the clouds. The Critter's feared for his body parts when he realized that some b
ratty child's kite might decide to land on his crotch. Don't ask, but it was hilarious! Note from The Critter: it was flying overhead, and it got as close as two feet above my outstreched legs. It wasn't an irrational fear! When I finally compromised my comfort to cross my legs, I knew I might have saved future generations -- the kite crash-dived just a few feet away. Fucking crybaby Jake. That child had the entire hill to fly his kite on, but he and his dad liked to do it as close to us kickin back and relaxing as possible.