Last week, en route from El Salvador to Cape Town, we had a three day layover in London. We were really worried about what we would do for three days given the ridiculous strength of the pound, but it ended up being incredibly fun. Thanks goes entirely to our fabulous hosts, Kate and Sara. We arrived at their flat to find couches already made into beds, a stack of reading materials, adaptors, maps, and even two ciders with our names on them (literally) in the fridge waiting for us. They also let us use all their clothes and makeup so we could feel a little bit more like Londoners and a little less like backpacking slobs.
Kate's boyfriend, Laurens, is a film student working as director of photography on his final film and so we got to be extras! We played Mourner #1, Mourner #2, Mourner #3, and Mourner #4. The film is a dark comedy about a funeral director. Hopefully we'll be able to post a link to it when it's finished!
Kate gave us a map and a route and we set off on the tube to explore the city. We especially loved getting up close and personal to the masterpieces at the National Gallery and the Tate Modern.
London has great street performers and we felt very encouraged in our goal to become street performers ourselves. Next time we're in London . . .
Celebrating the film crew's final day of shooting!This next part is very important and very serious.
We know that there are some of you out there who have been staring at a computer screen for a long time now. There are also probably a lot of you who are sitting behind a desk at work pretending to do something important. When the boss walks by, you rapidly switch your screen to a spreadsheet, but in actuality you're bored to death and are spending your whole day reading this blog and cuteoverload.com.
We have the remedy and this is the important part.
Pick up the nearest black pen (blue works okay, too), take the inside of your pointer finger, and draw a moustache. Don't think, just do it. Now, put that finger underneath your nose. And don't take it down until you've gotten at least three people to join you.
SEND US YOUR FINGERSTACHE PHOTOS!!!
As we left at 6am Sunday morning to walk to the underground to catch the train to Heathrow, it began to snow . . . The perfect way to end a magical three days in London.
