konfessions of the Koog

Since today is our last day in London, we decided to split up since each teen wanted to do a different thing but first breakfast. Again, it was not great but they did add a new item that, while intriguing, we all passed on tasting. Today’s special was “Glazed Lamb Kidneys.” Nothing says “Good Morning Britain” like a good glazed lamb kidney, am I right? Am I? I really don’t know because the look and smell of them were off putting. I don’t want to yuck anyone’s yums but dear God they looked gross. Opting out of my breakfast organ meat, I went for the same selection of oddities as yesterday except instead of coco puffs, I went for corn flakes. Honestly, I cannot wait to see what the special is tomorrow! What could top glazed lamb kidneys? I shutter to imagine. Anyway, as I said we were splitting the family today. It wasn’t so much what each kid wanted to do as much as it was what a kid DIDN’T want to do. The Mrs. and E were renting e-bikes to risk their lives riding in London traffic. B...

We slept in this morning after overstepping our step count yesterday at Camden Market. The eggs were still the cystic fried egg or the orange scrambled variety so I passed on those and opted for the baked beans, mushrooms, grilled tomato and coco puffs cereal. While I will admit it was an eclectic combination of items, they collectively hit the spot. Also, the coffee at the UJC must be an aquired taste and, since I won’t be here long enough to acquire that taste, I opted for tea. They have PG Tipps, one of my favorites. After my odd mix of breakfast items and my pretty good cuppa, we headed off to the London Science Museum. E-Koog was excited because we were led to believe there was an F1 exhibit. There was not. He had a good time anyway, I think. We were sharing the museum with all the children of London. Seriously, there were like 5000 kids in that place. All with reflective safety vests. It’s not like you could miss them because they were at least 100 decibels each. Oh, and not on...