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Sorry Merran, I know it's been almost 3 weeks since you left us and there is no good excuse for not writing this earlier, so I hope you like this blog about your stay in London.....

Liz and I had the immense pleasure of having our good friend Merran come and visit us in this fine city they call London. She arrived after a busy trip in California so it was safe to say my first encounter with her was waking her up after school whilst she was napping on our super small comfy sofa bed :) Our first trip out was of course, to a local pub where we had good old English food, pies, mash, peas and a pint.

We had a fun filled packed weekend up ahead. On Friday evening we had a few drinks and headed into Heaven which is one of the bigger gay night clubs in London. Of course we went there early and with vouchers so we didn't have to pay the ridiculous cover charge. It was an evening of drinking and 80's dancing with Merran being on the prowl but alas like The Beat, the males out numbered the women. But at the end of our evening we had a really fun hour long bus ride all the way home...it was super. NOT although Merran and I did manage to amuse ourselves.

Safe to say Saturday was quite slow and I do believe we only left the house to find food....but that geared us up for sunday. FOOTBALL DAY! We had bought tickets to see a Premier League match between West Ham and Manchester City. Turned out our seats weren't the best but regardless we were able to see all of the game AND the a way supporters area. I found it quite amusing to watch the banter between the two crouds of supporters. It's all so serious! The game itself was ok, not very exciting though with loads of dives, but West Ham did eventually score in the second half to win the game. After that we headed straight to a pub in Camden for some food and more beers. Which ended up with Merran and I quite tipsy. Lucky I had Monday off!!

Monday Merran and I had decided to pack it with loads of touristy stuff, the Tower of London was first on the list, followed by The British Museum followed by a trip to the theatre to meet Liz and Emme and finally see Wicked! It was a super fantastic day and I was so buggered by the end of it. My favourite of the day was the Tower, it was so surreal to stand in the exact same spots as Kings and Queens from the past...way cool. The Royal Jewels were pretty impressive too, as was the travelator that takes you past the jewels, we rode it 3 times just to make sure we got a good look at jewels in all their glory.

We waved off Merran bight an early Tuesday morning as she had to head to Heathrow to catch her plane to take her back to the wonderful land of Oz and begin her festivities at the Sydney Mardi Gras. I contemplated squeezing myself into her suitcase but it all seemed too much effort that early in the morning....