A Nerdy Girlie Christmas Vacation: Day 4 Christmas Day in London

Christmas in London.  Something I never thought I be able to say!  We planned on it being a pretty mellow day since nothing was going to be open.  We let ourselves sleep in and then had breakfast to go from Starbucks.  We walked with our warm cuppas and pastries over to Hyde Park.

Our first stop on our lazy stroll was Kensington Palace.  It was a gorgeous day and the sun was shinning!  We walked the entire park and down to Oxford Street, which had tons of shops, all of which were not open, but nice to see one of the busiest streets in London on a non busy day.  We walked and walked trying to decide where to eat lunch, options were limited.  We ended up at a Syrian restaurant and the food was really good!  The Hunny's roasted chicken was the best I have ever had and I do not usually like chicken at restaurants.  After walking all day, we took a bit of time in our rooms before heading down to the pub The Phoenix for an authentic English Christmas feast!

The pub was completely full and it was difficult finding a seat, but when we did, we ordered our three course Christmas dinner.  The first course was a mushroom soup with bread and butter, I ate the bread and butter and The Hunny TRIED to eat the soup but he didn't like it too much.  On to the second and main course of turkey, mashed potatoes, roasted potatoes, veggies, stuffing and lots of gravy.  This was super yummy!  So yummy I almost didn't save room for our third and final course a chocolate cake in custard.  It was warm and sooooooooo delicious!

After eating the four of us did a white elephant gift exchange.  We had all shopped in Oxford the day before and now it was time to exchange gifts!  It was so fun to do this in the pub and it made it feel more like Christmas, with a few small gifts!

When I realized the time, we ran back to the hotel for the Doctor Who Christmas special!  It was so fun watching it IN the UK!  We ran into some technical difficulties getting it going in the hotel lounge, so I ended up watching it alone in my room, but it was fun just the same.  Now that it has been a while since the special and I have watched it again {SPOILERS}...I realized that it was just ok.  I thought that they threw in too many baddies and made the story line a bit to complicated.  I did wish there was a bit more of Peter at the end.  Anyone else lose it when Amy Pond walked out!?  What did you all think of the special!?

That night ended with wine from Stonehenge and waffles from Belgium {the companions had a layover there and picked them up}.  The plum wine was delicious.  The sister and law and I almost finished the entire bottle between the two of us.  I finally found a wine I like!  The three of them played a board game and I blogged and drank wine!  It was a nice chill day and fun and unique way to spend Christmas.  It was also nice to have a bit of family with us!

Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and stay tuned for tomorrow's installment, in which we walk the WHOLE of London with some BBC Sherlock sites!

You can read ALL of my Christmas adventures HERE!