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Oi!
Well, I'm safely in London, and having a blast. Right now, I'm sleep deprived, as I haven't slept much since 8am Sunday morning. We passed the sun and ran into it again on this third of the planet. We opted not to sleep, but to press on and see the city.
We arrived by 8:30, made it through customs and took the Gatwick Express into Victoria Station. We hopped the London Underground to Bayswater, found our hotel.
Riddle me this: What's green, yellow, and fits in your pocket? Our hotel room. It's a trip. We're space wasters in America, that's for sure. Despite it's matchbook size, the ceiling seems like it's 30 feet high. Maybe tall, thin aliens lived here.
After we settled in, we took off for coffee and postcard writing. If anyone wants a postcard from me, send me your address via email. :-)
Following our postcard tasks, we trotted off to Kensington Gardens. What a sanctuary that is! The main streets of London are bustling with cars and people. I nearly got hit once on the road. If you dally too much in the Tube, you're liable to get trampled by brits of various ethnic origin. We ended up walking all over Kensington Gardens. Prince Albert's memorial is quite impressive.
Another note: Everyone is rather polite here. Even the dogs are well behaved. And when they beckon their dogs, they don't shout meanly. They politely admonish their pets. Even with the hustling crowd, it's more quiet here than in America.
After Kensington, we headed to Soho for some Sushi. It was all very tasty, and only £27 for two persons.
Then it was time to hit a pub and have a Guinness on draft. They do seem tastier over here! I'm no expert, and maybe I'm full of shite, but it doesn't quite taste as bitter, aftertaste-wise.
Ms. Tao couldn't make an international call home to her parents, so we're here at an internet cafe using email. There are Internet cafe's everywhere.
So far, for the rest of the week, we have the Thames to see, the British Museum and a flamenco guitar concert, a matinee of Les Miserables. But, we still have plenty of time
We arrived by 8:30, made it through customs and took the Gatwick Express into Victoria Station. We hopped the London Underground to Bayswater, found our hotel.
Riddle me this: What's green, yellow, and fits in your pocket? Our hotel room. It's a trip. We're space wasters in America, that's for sure. Despite it's matchbook size, the ceiling seems like it's 30 feet high. Maybe tall, thin aliens lived here.
After we settled in, we took off for coffee and postcard writing. If anyone wants a postcard from me, send me your address via email. :-)
Following our postcard tasks, we trotted off to Kensington Gardens. What a sanctuary that is! The main streets of London are bustling with cars and people. I nearly got hit once on the road. If you dally too much in the Tube, you're liable to get trampled by brits of various ethnic origin. We ended up walking all over Kensington Gardens. Prince Albert's memorial is quite impressive.
Another note: Everyone is rather polite here. Even the dogs are well behaved. And when they beckon their dogs, they don't shout meanly. They politely admonish their pets. Even with the hustling crowd, it's more quiet here than in America.
After Kensington, we headed to Soho for some Sushi. It was all very tasty, and only £27 for two persons.
Then it was time to hit a pub and have a Guinness on draft. They do seem tastier over here! I'm no expert, and maybe I'm full of shite, but it doesn't quite taste as bitter, aftertaste-wise.
Ms. Tao couldn't make an international call home to her parents, so we're here at an internet cafe using email. There are Internet cafe's everywhere.
So far, for the rest of the week, we have the Thames to see, the British Museum and a flamenco guitar concert, a matinee of Les Miserables. But, we still have plenty of time
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English gold is nice if you get a charm or pendant of it.
Check out the haunted places like Lady Jane Gray's castle and Coombe(sp?) Abby, a haunted seminary. Coventry is nice, too--as is the Cotswolds--and has a great open market.
Warwickshire Castle ROCKS and was my first experience with realizing I was specifically reincarnated; I learned only later that it is also haunted.
Some of these locations may be too distant for you to see, but see as much as you can where you can; England is a beautiful (if damp) country (especially this time of year; I was there in September). It is a wonderful place to soak up history; try to get to the Tower of London, if you can, too.
P.S. Am emailing you my address...
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This means I'll have to come back here!
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Remember our first conversation online when I offered to carry your luggage? As long as you didn't mind a 450-pound companion?
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mind the gap
always look right before you cross
new scotland yard isn't really new at all
fashion tip:
Never wear a striped tie in the UK, while no matter how fashionable it may be in the US to wear striped ties, in the UK, a striped tie will often represent which school you went to growing up.
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What if I wear a tie that has the black and white spirals, as seen in "high anxiety"?