How to Celebrate 4th of July in London

1.  Watch Independence Day starting at midnight

2.  Take the day off from work

3.  Wear red, white and blue, or the most American clothes you have

4.  Drink only American beer

5.  Go to the Texas Embassy

6.  Dance to a live band

Yeah that was pretty much my 4th of July.  After a rain filled Thursday where it ended with watching Independence Day, Friday was beautiful.  I took the day off and thought I would go and do some tourist stuff, but I ended up spending my whole afternoon trying to book our train to Wales for this upcoming weekend.  Who thought the only people working at the train station were ones who couldn't speak english?  It was so ridiculous I can't even begin to describe it because you won't believe me.  That's why I gave up on trying to book it over the phone and made Julia go with me to the train station to buy tickets.  It only got worse.  It was so insane and he kept saying "Are you going together and coming together?" and then messed everything up, but fortunately we got our tickets and we're officially going to Wales on an overnight train on Friday and coming back Saturday night.  But then we headed up to Texas Embassy for the night to meet up with everyone else.  And even the boys I met at the concert the previous weekend came up from Surrey.  The night was complete with baseball (even though it was Yankees/Red Sox), Budweiser, burritos, tequila (sorry Mom, but I had to), margaritas, and dancing and singing with the live band.  But don't worry all you adults, I was completely coherent!

Side note: I talked in my sleep that night and said "america" and woke up Julia.

Things I've learned:

1.  Never call the train companies.

2.  Shipwrecked is a show that is a combo of Real World, Road Rules and Survivor.

3.  How to make the perfect cup of English tea.

4.  There are no natural disasters here, like tornados, earthquakes, hurricanes, etc.

5.  When it pours here it monsoons!

Stay tuned for my entry about Dublin with special guest, Caroline!