Ye Olde Cock Tavern

Jess, Rachel, Courtney and I went out to dinner tonight.  We decided to choose a pub from one of the travel books I had.  My cousin Andrea gave me one called "The Little Black Book of London" that is filled with spots the locals like.  This place was down in Holborn, so it was about a 15-20 minute walk from our house.  We picked a great one!  I got chicken kiev and an ice water, but one of the girls got fish and chips and two of the girls got draft beers.  We thought it would be fun to go to any old pub, but we made friends at this one.  The bartender seemed kind of crazy and he loved us Americans.  He kept joking that he was from America and that the man sitting next to us was his brother.  The man next to us was very friendly and told us all about the good spots to go in the Holborn neighborhood.  This pub was on Fleet Street and diagonally across the way was where Sweeney Todd had his barbershop.  He told us about this weekend's Thames Festival too.  Apparently, there are open houses all weekend where you can walk through Buckingham Palace and the Prime Minister's house on Downing Street for free.  There is also a fireworks display at night and lots of activity down by the river.  Hopefully, we'll get to do some of the activities.