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Day 5 - 221b Baker Street and the British Public Library

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Today was a lazy day followed by a great night. Last night, we played billiards with some Germans named Andre and Thomas. They taught Aaron some new German swear words. We also learned that Spaten, a German beer that's popular back home, is not very popular in Germany. We tried Absinthe - which was disgusting - and Kaylea found her new favorite drink! Its the British version of a snakebite: half orange wheat ale, half cider, and a splash of raspberry. We also danced together for the first time ever!

Our first touristy item for the day was to visit the home of the famous and fictional Sherlock Holmes. It wasn't the best museum we've seen so far. The only meaningful perk of the museum was that people got to see what it was like to live in a Victorian home. It was cramped, but tall (5 stories!). Our bedroom is probably wider than the building. The most exciting part about the museum was the bathroom downstairs in the gift shop. Not sure why we're so interested in toilets, but it was an odd little bathroom.




Next on our list was the British Public Library. Unfortunately, it was pretty much closed. We got to go inside, but we couldn't read any of the books. You need to have a library card to go into most of the rooms. All of the bathrooms were locked, so we may have to get back to you guys on the toilet situation.

We spent about half an hour trying to find a place to have afternoon tea, or high tea time. Most places were reservation only, expensive, and too formal for smelly backpackers. Kaylea was very saddened by this. Will she ever get to try a macaroon?



After the disappointment of missing afternoon tea, we decided to take a long walk to the nearest grocery store and pick up supplies for dinner. We settled on ground beef tacos with onion and bell peppers. The store didn't have any taco cheese or good salsa, so we made due with British shredded cheese and Doritos dipping salsa (who the heck dips Doritos in salsa?!)  Despite being on the other side of the planet, Kaylea managed to make some authentic Tex-Mex. Kaylea offered a left-over taco to a guy hanging out in the kitchen and he asked her if she'd ever been to a Mexican restaurant. I'M FROM TEXAS YOU FOOL!

Tomorrow we head to Paris! 
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