Yo! Do Yo Sushi?

Traveling with Anima

We saw a number of places to eat, but they were all of the Italian type and since we were going to be going to Italy the next day we thought we would save ourselves for Italian food in Italy. Which doesn't make our next choice any more logical but in Ani's estimation we ended up finding the coolest restaurant on the planet:Yo Sushi called us in through the bright and colorful window and engaged us immediately.

Salmon Roll, Miso & Eggplant

Cool Conveyor Belt Situation

Still or Fizzy Water Fountains

All You Can Eat Wasabi 

The Menu at Yo Sushi

Everything was right in reach, you just picked the plates that caught your eye off the little conveyor belt and started eating your food. A waiter came by just in case you had questions or needed some drinks besides water and in the end came back by to tally up the 'colors' of your bowls or plates.

Ani was very impressed and even more in love the next day when we arrived at Stanstead for our Ryan Air flight to Pisa, where she was elated to find a Yo Sushi place right in the airport. Guess what we had for breakfast?

Booted off the Eye

Traveling with Anima

London was cold but fabulous. We came unprepared for the rain and wind, although I think that it's advertised enough around the world, just goes to show you how insulated we really are over there in the Wild West...

The bed and breakfast we ordered was close to the train station and we just dropped our luggage and headed straight out with our sandals and short coats into the cold and rain and wind. Ha!

No London Fog for Ani

Buckingham from the Double Decker

There really are so many things that are offered as tours like Madame Tousaud's Wax Museum and some horror show related to the famous Tower of London, but we were a bit put off by the Hollywoodian vibe of it all and decided that the most fun thing we could do that would also be different than other things we had seen on other trips was visit The London Eye.

the momentary sunny London Eye


We figured out The Tube system pretty quickly with some assistance from a  tour guide in the subway who told us the what route to take and how to put the money in the automatic ticket dispenser. How old is the Girl she asked me and I said 'eleven'. Kids under eleven ride the Tube for free she said, ' OK, so how old is your daughter?'. 'Ten', I answered sheepishly...and off we went to Westminster Abby station.

Ani and the Rainbow

Once we got there, bought the ticket and stood in the rain in the que to get up there though, they stopped us and turned us all around saying there would be no more rides that day due to technical difficulties. We could either get our money back or get new tickets for tomorrow. We decided to come back in the morning and headed out for some dinner instead.

Teeth chattering and tummy hungry we walked around Westminster Abby and along the river
to find a place eat and warm ourselves.



YO SUSHI!

On to Pisa

Traveling with Anima



After our rainy London sojourn we traveled for one day to Pisa,  to see the beautiful Piazza dei Miracoli that includes the famous Leaning Tower - obviously a must on the travel itinerary....


Ani was initially interested in climbing up the Tower.  There were hoards of other kids, who seemed to be on school Field Trips and were heading towards the Tower too. When we got there the line was frighteningly long so we decided to take a few pictures and go on a walk through the Cathedral instead.

On the lawn

Looking at Souvenirs

We found a guy who made special name bracelets our of colored wire

Inside the Cathedral, which was dark and filled with relics Ani's favorite sculptures were the bronze Angels on either side of the main Altar. Just so happened that an amazing light came through one of the high stained glass windows at one point so we got some pretty surreal looking pics to show.

Madonna & Child 2x

In all the first time here was a little blinding, I think we weren't expecting so many people to be here, as we got here quite early and we didn't get the idea of the procedure right away and wasted a bit of time just walking around and 'doing our own thing'. I guess we were not in the tourist mode quite yet, maybe we were still thawing from the London weather. It is definitely a place where we will come again and visit in more detail, but for today it was enough. We had a nice panino in one of the little bars and then had to head out to the train station to catch our train to Bagno Vignoni. That's another post altogether.