Two Hookers & a Transvestite ...

that's what Devan was excited to have seen & photographed on his 1st day in London when we talked to him last night! :o)
As a friend of mine pointed out we Could have sent him to New Orleans a whole LOT cheaper & achieved the same results, lol. Oh well, I do know that he's having a Blast!
I thought I would fill you in on what we Know they've done so far & share some pics I have of them leaving.
Yesterday after arriving & having 2 hrs down time (Devan didn't sleep on the flight so he was up for Over 30 hrs!) they headed out on a walking tour. That's when he saw the two hookers & the transvestite, they also did a little shopping. After the tour they went out for dinner, he had Fish & Chips & a beer! :o) When we asked what kind of beer he had he said "a Corona", LOL! Only my kid would travel to England & order a mexican beer! When I asked why he didn't try an ale he said "we're only aloud to have beer or wine" too cute! I did tell him that ale falls into the beer category so maybe next time he'll get a little bit more "local" with what he's trying. ;-) I think they were all pretty exhausted after dinner so they returned to the hotel. He didn't do too bad on his roomates (you're not guaranteed to be with the people in your group) he got Jeffrey & a guy from Memphis (of all places!) in his room.
He called shortly after 6 this morning, they were already at Windsor Castle! He actually got "locked out" of the castle tour, lol. (leave it to my kid) He had gone back outside to "get a good shot of the changing of the guard" & when he tried to go back in the castle that's when he found out that once you leave you can NOT re-enter. :o( Poor guy, he was probably trying to get the shot for me. Good news is that I think he had already seen everything inside (at least I hope he had).
Tonight after dinner they're going to see "Wicked"! :o) I was really hoping that he would call & tell us about it when they were done but I'm thinking that we probably aren't going to hear from him tonight since as I type this it's almost 12:30 pm there.
Now a few of my favorite pics of them while they were leaving ...


the "Fab Four" & their "Drama Mama"
L-R Jeffrey, Erin, Chris (drama mama), Devan & Lindsay in the front right corner


two thumbs up on the trip to the airport! lol


okay, so yeh we had been on the road for about 50 minutes! lol
you KNOW he slept on the plane!


I had to have a bathroom break just as we got to Memphis
(we always end up taking pics at a McDonalds, lol)


yes we are paying attention & following the rules to "check in" at the airport


check in is sooo Cool! You swipe your passport & it tells you where you belong & prints your ticket for you. :o)


Chris is laughing & pointing out that in just a few more steps I'll have to stop shooting their picture cause they will be going through the medal detectors, lol.

everyone having to "strip off" their stuff for the medal detectors

This was our last shot, they had gotten to a point that I had a hard time seeing them so I handed the camera to Jim & had him shooting while I stood there waving like an idiot with tears running down my face. After a few minutes a security guard came over & said something to Jim about the number of pics he was taking & stating that he was probably getting shots of the security equipment. Jim appoligized & I turned & looked up to appoligize too, that's when he looked down & saw my face ... poor man ... all he could say was "ohhhh, it'll be okay". Poor guy I kinda felt bad for making him feel bad, lol. :o)

I don't really know why I was crying, I wasn't sad at all just the opposite very excited for them. I guess there may still be a little military brat in me, enough that says goodbyes are always a sad/crying time...