Day 35-London Zoo

Today was my day off. I had intended to go to Wales today, but luckily I changed my mind at the last minute. Apparently, there has been a lot of flooding in South Wales and Southwest England and it is not possible to travel there by train. It has been a seriously wet summer even by England's standards.

Instead of going to Wales I decided to check out the London Zoo despite the fact that I checked the weather forecast and it showed a 100% chance of rain. Honestly if you waited for a sunny day in London to do anything you might only get to go out twice a month! So I took the tube to Regent's Park and instead of taking a bus as advised by the announcer at the tube station, I decided to walk to the Zoo. Just about the time I got in the gate of Regent's Park the rumble of thunder started and it began to drizzle. The park is roughly 1 mile from the entrance to the Zoo. With the exception of it being a rather wet walk it was quite nice.

Thanks to the rain, the zoo was nice and quiet and the animals were pretty perky. The weather went from being wet and chilly (I could see my breath) to being hot enough to be sweaty in short sleeves. It really is unpredictable. I took quite a few pictures of the animals at the zoo today. I think that the Taper/Tapur was one of the coolest ones but there are loads of others that were cool too. I REALLY wish that I hadn't left my camera back in Tallahassee because my pictures would be so much better if I had that one (It has 10x Zoom, a wider angle lens and higher megapixel resolution) but Ben thought it was bulky and would attract thieves and he is probably right.

After the Zoo I took a walk through some shops on Oxford Street and then played cards at "The Vic" because it was 10GBP tournament night. I was doing quite well except for one bad move (had pocket queens and raised all in against AK and lost to 2 aces) but oh well. It wasn't a very big investment anyways.

So, that's pretty much all that I have going on for today. It has been nice spending a day in London with all the recent travel, but I haven't given up on going somewhere next weekend. So, until next time. Take Care.

~Jenn