7.29.09 London

Today, like deja vu. We woke up and went to the tube, rode it, then got on a train bound for the town of Stamford. Whats in Stamford you say? We asked ourselves the same question. After a little drive on the bus we arrived at Burghley House, home to a Duke or and Earl or someone of significance.


Honestly, we have seen so many homes I forget who lives in which one. Cool facts about the Burghley house is that is has been used in many movies; such as Pride and Prejudice, as well as The Di Vinci Code.

View from the gate at Burghley

As we were walking to the entrance we saw large hurds of deer just roaming the property, which we found out are owned by Burghley House.


Come to find, they are very tame and friendly deer. Or reindeer as many of the girls were convinced of.

This guy loved my Cliffbar.


I want one for my own.

After frolicing with the deer we went inside for our private tour, which sadly we couldnt take pictures of on the inside. But believe you me, it was cool. Like I said earlier, many rooms in the house have been used for movies and are still used today by the family owning the house. Our tour guide said that have a wedding at the house almost every friday. Burghley was also frequented by Queen Victoria and King Albert.




When the tour was over we spent a good while dining and relaxing in the restaurant where I was introduced to Creamed Tea. Creamed tea...sounds pretty self explanitory right? Wrong. Creamed tea is actually a scone with clotted cream on it. Why it has a referrence to tea the beverage, I have no clue. But it was delicious.

My scone, cream, jam and sandwitch.

The scone not only was amazing, but the clotted cream, which is like a cream cheese/honeybutter consistensy was so good on top! Throw on a little raspberry jam and its a piece of heaven. Due to the rain we spent a good while sitting inside, looking out.


The weather here is bipolar. Literally. It will be warm and sunny, not a cloud in the sky and within minutes there is wind, rain and dark skies. We endure that for about ten minutes then its sunny again. All day, everyday. Its strange.

After Burghley house we went into the town of Stamford and again, explored. In and out of shops we went, trying to avoid the rain. I found a great local chocolatier and snagged me some truffles, which are AMAZING! So good. After some time wandering, back on the bus it was, followed by our train ride back to Londons Kings Cross station. We have been waiting to go to Kings Cross because of its significance with Harry Potters Platform 9 3/4.

Final goodbye before going see Harry and the gang. I was excited/ nervous. It shows in my face.

We finally made it home and ate some delicious fried chicken and potatoes, compliments of the girls. Again, I willingly did the dishes for payment in return. After I ate, Courtney and I really wanted to go see a play called the Container. It takes place in a 20' x 40' shipping container that they only allow 28 people into. The story is about 5 illegal immigrants sneaking over to america in a shipping crate, and your inside for the journey. Sounded great! When we got over there though they already sold out. Downer. Determined to do something we went to Leicester Square where all the theares are and saw a comedy club. It was only 6 pounds to go in (indicator number one that it wasnt going to be good). The first guy up solely asked the audience (consisting of about 40 people) questions, then proceeded to make fun of them. After about a half hour of this, and no one laughing, we peaced out and headed back home. Although feeling slightly defeated, we were proud of ourselves for trying and doing something with our evening. To close we shall end with the Mr. Steeze of the day...

The award goes to another Porche. This one however is decked
to the max and scores major stezzy points.

Cheers!