so now that i've more or less caught up on my sleep and recovered from the cold i caught in london, i can report that london is doing well. during the first two days we wandered around a lot, but we eventually made our way through islington, camden town, covent garden, and soho and to the london zoo and a club. we also saw noel coward's blithe spirit which was enjoyable, as coward usually is. you may have already read about our great visit to st. john's (see below). then andy went home for a day and a half, so while he was gone (and after i had finished weeping) i went to the national portrait gallery (where they had a nice exhibit of the results from their photography contest) and the museum of national history and wandered around even more and went clubbing again. the last day we went to the V&A which was great. the cafe there was particularly noteworthy for the surprisingly good food. also there was a duo there playing beethoven and a very funny worker who admonished us to "please! give peas a chance!" here are some pics. andy and i tend to not take as many photos as we should, but here are a few somewhat interesting ones: row 1: regent street; flowers at regent's park row 2: fluffy meerkat at the london zoo; andy and a ... condor? row 3: fred as superfred; london school group