Making the Most out of 12 hours in London!

hello again from london...yepp, were still here. but we cant complain about the opportunity to explore such a fabulous city! it was quite a day...rode the underground tube into the Westminster and sorta just found our way around. We saw Green park, located right next to the Birmingham Palace...at 11:30, we watched the changing of the gaurds...gotta be honest and say it wasnt all that exciting. it was like trying to watch the electric light parade at disneyland smashed between 6,000 other people with no view at all...and minus the techno music and flashing lights and micky. but i guess its cool to be able to say that we saw that. and the fact that we got to have tea with the Queen afterwards made it worth it as well. Alie and i had lunch at a little cafe and then bought a buncha postcards to send home. We sat in this beautiful park writing on the postcards, but then all the sudden, a storm broke out and we got drenched as we sprinted back to the tube. the wierdest part about it is that when we got there, we were waiting for our train at platform 9 3/4 and guess who was there?! yep, good ol Harry Potter and Hermoine Granger...robes, wands, the whole thing!! it was great. i got a picture and all...hopefully i can post that soon. We went over and saw Big Ben and the Westminster Abbey and tons of double decker tour buses and tons of people driving on the wrong side of the road...gosh, it just looks so strange!! they even walk up and down stairs that way...opposite of how we americans do. so that was a bit of a challenge, trying to cross streets etc. We really felt clueless all day but we just so happened to encounter the nicest most helpful people at all the right times, right before we would get on the wrong train or get hit by a bus, etc. It has been so clear to me that God really is working all things together for our good as we make this journey. We just keep discussing how strange it is that we have been up for almost 30 hours straight now and have yet to see and darkness. we left in the morning from LA and we arrived in the morning in London and stayed up all day here, and now we will fly 8 hours overnight and land, once again, in the morning. so were basically praying that we can get some real sleep on this next leg of the journey. if not...o man...it wont be pretty when we get to nairobo. im thinkin up a good recipe...2 parts dramamine, 1 part tylenol pm and 1 part glass on wine. and if that doesnt do the trick, ive got some benadryl too! ok, just kidding, im not guna go overboard with that...but really, i gota get some sleep!! im delerious. this morning...or whatever time it was, i was using the restroom in the airport and my boarding pass somehow found inself in the toilet. i quickly cringed and reached in and plucked it out but it was too late. the ticket was all smeared and unlegible...needless to say, i told the gentleman behind the counter that i spilled water all over it and he kindly printed me a new one:) \i know, you're just thinking...somey would be one to drop her ticket in the loo. keep your fingers crossed that our bags make it all the way through to Nairobi. we are just so excited to finally get there and meet Michelle and hopefully get some rest before we fly off to Eldoret. More to come once we get settled in to our new home!! much love from London!