Eddie Vedder, tube...

well Eddie Vedder was awesome!  He put on such a great show and it was so cool to see him in London.  It was also the first time we travelled on the tube (London's subway) and it was indeed stereotypically standing room only.  I couldn't believe how many people were on the train!  Azelia assured me it was quite normal though.  I am getting pretty used to trains.  The first few days they made me feel a little woozy, but now I can ride them no problemo.

speaking of the tube - they say to avoid it between 3 and 7pm if you can and we saw first hand the reason why.  Below is a picture of a stairway leading down to the Oxford Circus tube station and it was rediculous!  Don't think the picture gives the spectacle justice but it was lined up to the outside!  Hundreds, probably thousands of people just standing there waiting!  And this is normal for them!  I couldn't live like that.  There was probably more people on the street at that time than in all of Regina!  Just a normal Friday afternoon in London...  (The Olympics are causing more crowds but for the most part they all looked like local commuters.)  Oh, and that same day we also went to Hamley's, a five-story toy store (try saying that five times fast).  The kiddos loved it!

Moving day was pretty exciting.  As I mentioned previously, it was bittersweet for us.  Janet, Carmen, Mica, and Jack have all been so great that it was a shame to leave them but at the same time we were looking forward to seeing everyone else.  And special props to Janet who drove our lugguage to our new house while we took the train, automatically taking care of our biggest nuisance!