Firstly of course I sat my last exam on Thursday, which I think went alright, w
ell enough at least, I even did the question on medieval urbanization after complaining about it so much. I then struggled to go to the doctors and stay awake paid £60 for someone to tell me I was a healthy weight and fitness came back and went to bed. Anyway the next couple of days involved drinking, shopping, sleeping, and watching Jar head. Excellent film, HOT actor, the whole no hair, no clothes thing worked nicely too. Nice in depth review for you there.
ell enough at least, I even did the question on medieval urbanization after complaining about it so much. I then struggled to go to the doctors and stay awake paid £60 for someone to tell me I was a healthy weight and fitness came back and went to bed. Anyway the next couple of days involved drinking, shopping, sleeping, and watching Jar head. Excellent film, HOT actor, the whole no hair, no clothes thing worked nicely too. Nice in depth review for you there.And then on Saturday I went to London! Seriously probably the best four days of 2008 so far, or at least best cluster of days. The bus journey there was just painful, the fat dude in front of me reclined his chair and then some silly little Asian woman sat next to me so I had like no space to move, coupled with the fact it is now law to wear a seat belt, the bottom half of my body went completely numb. I did have a nice text conversation with someone I hadn't heard from in ages, simply as the bus stopped in Milton Keynes where he lives. Anyway got to London eventually then had to make it across London to where my friend Charlotte lives. She's only in zone two so its not actually that far, however she happens to love at the end of the one tube line (The East London line) which is closed for improvements and extensions due to the Olympic games, so we had to take an overground train as well, still it wasn't too bad, not rush hour or anything.
After bumming around for a bit we decided to go to Harrods as I'd never been and Charlotte hadn't been whilst actu
ally living in London. We spent literally about 3 hours walking around it just looking at everything and pretending we had enough money to buy things. I felt like such a tramp walking around the designer clothes in ripped jeans and a university hoodie. I enjoyed laughing at the flip flops which were £499 however. We decided that we really wanted to buy something though, mainly for the bag, so we found some amazing pens which had hands on the end, and were within our budget as they cost £1.95. Then the till wouldn't work properly and the sales assistant joked that we'd broken it by spending too much, haha, that was so much funnier at the time than it is in text. After that we went back to Charlotte's flat again cos it was freezing and we couldn't think of anything better to do really.
ally living in London. We spent literally about 3 hours walking around it just looking at everything and pretending we had enough money to buy things. I felt like such a tramp walking around the designer clothes in ripped jeans and a university hoodie. I enjoyed laughing at the flip flops which were £499 however. We decided that we really wanted to buy something though, mainly for the bag, so we found some amazing pens which had hands on the end, and were within our budget as they cost £1.95. Then the till wouldn't work properly and the sales assistant joked that we'd broken it by spending too much, haha, that was so much funnier at the time than it is in text. After that we went back to Charlotte's flat again cos it was freezing and we couldn't think of anything better to do really. In the evening we had a huge debate about whether to go out or not, but we decided against it as by the time we would have got there it would h
ave been £9 to get in and then expensive drinks and we're both cheapskates and I was exhausted. Instead we took the bus into the centre which takes a lot longer than the train but you get to see more of the sights as it goes through Westminster etc. although it was pretty much dark by this time as we left about half ten ish. Got off at Piccadilly Circus which was packed, being a Saturday night but an amazing atmosphere that I've never experienced before, it was a weekend a bit like that actually. Anyhow wondered through Leicester Square and eventually stumbled across what we'd been looking for, China Town! Again somewhere I've never been on my trips to London, its not huge, but still really busy even at quarter to midnight which it was by then. So yeah we went for a Chinese meal at midnight, in a restaurant Charlotte had only ever been to when completely wasted, which although not much of a recommendation proved good enough as the food was amazing. We ended up ordering far too much, overhearing a conversation between a man and a woman on the next table which was very deep and concerned childhood abuse etc. we couldn't for the life of us work out what the relationship was between them, although I hope for the sake of the bloke it wasn't a first date, cos that woman was a lunatic if it was. Then we drank more Chinese tea than can be healthy and left the restaurant at half one feeling like a giant vat of water.
ave been £9 to get in and then expensive drinks and we're both cheapskates and I was exhausted. Instead we took the bus into the centre which takes a lot longer than the train but you get to see more of the sights as it goes through Westminster etc. although it was pretty much dark by this time as we left about half ten ish. Got off at Piccadilly Circus which was packed, being a Saturday night but an amazing atmosphere that I've never experienced before, it was a weekend a bit like that actually. Anyhow wondered through Leicester Square and eventually stumbled across what we'd been looking for, China Town! Again somewhere I've never been on my trips to London, its not huge, but still really busy even at quarter to midnight which it was by then. So yeah we went for a Chinese meal at midnight, in a restaurant Charlotte had only ever been to when completely wasted, which although not much of a recommendation proved good enough as the food was amazing. We ended up ordering far too much, overhearing a conversation between a man and a woman on the next table which was very deep and concerned childhood abuse etc. we couldn't for the life of us work out what the relationship was between them, although I hope for the sake of the bloke it wasn't a first date, cos that woman was a lunatic if it was. Then we drank more Chinese tea than can be healthy and left the restaurant at half one feeling like a giant vat of water.Needless to say the next morning we did not get up very early. When we eventually did we went to Spitalfield Market, yet another place I'd never been, but it was amazing. I could have spent sooo much money, I restrained myself though and bought only a lovely new purse, a couple of scarves, a poster and an old copy of Pride and Prejudice, cos we only have hardback leather bound version. Again it was a really different atmosphere to I was used to, much less touristy than the parts of London I know, then we wondered down Brick Lane where all the indie kids hang out. Some amazing retro clothes shops down there, but I'd already spent far too much money that day so I resisted. We went to the most amazing American diner though and had fries and the most orgasmic milkshakes the world has ever witnessed. Chocolate with peanut butter added for 50p more, it was like a liquid snickers, OMGOSH so good.
When we finally decided to brave the
cold again, it was freezing in London this weekend we went to Covent Garden through lack of anything better to do. First of all we watched some crazy guy battle his way out of a straight jacket, which he nearly didn't manage actually. Then an even crazier guy stripped off down to only some ridiculously small gold shiny pants, and juggled a chain saw. One of the funniest things I've seen actually his act, but again not something that I can put across in text I don't think. Didn't get up to much that evening, Charlotte had work she had to do,and I bummed around in front of the film Honey, as I'd never seen it, and Charlotte's film collection is notoriously awful. The problem with this film, is not even is the plot rubbish, but the dancing is too, oh well.
Anyway on Monday Charlotte had uni so I got most of the day to bum around
on my own. Started off on Oxford Street as that was where her classes were. I tried desperately hard not to spend too much money, and failed, I did buy my dad and my brother their birthday presents though which was good of me. Ate lunch people watching at Trafalgar Square then went to the National Portrait Museum which I've been to before but love, and its free. I spent absolutely hour sin the Tudor rooms, being a complete and utter history geek, reading every single little sign. It just seems amazing to me, that the pictures you see in all the textbooks, were right there, in front of me, ah, GEEK. I decided to be a proper tourist and went to the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben for a bit, just from the outside, although I wish I'd gone inside I'd probably have seen some of the debates about Abortion which were pretty lively from what I saw on the news, ah well, I don't know how easy it is to get in there nowadays anyway. From there I wondered up to the London eye and talked to a crazy drunk man, he was very friendly though.
cold again, it was freezing in London this weekend we went to Covent Garden through lack of anything better to do. First of all we watched some crazy guy battle his way out of a straight jacket, which he nearly didn't manage actually. Then an even crazier guy stripped off down to only some ridiculously small gold shiny pants, and juggled a chain saw. One of the funniest things I've seen actually his act, but again not something that I can put across in text I don't think. Didn't get up to much that evening, Charlotte had work she had to do,and I bummed around in front of the film Honey, as I'd never seen it, and Charlotte's film collection is notoriously awful. The problem with this film, is not even is the plot rubbish, but the dancing is too, oh well.Anyway on Monday Charlotte had uni so I got most of the day to bum around
on my own. Started off on Oxford Street as that was where her classes were. I tried desperately hard not to spend too much money, and failed, I did buy my dad and my brother their birthday presents though which was good of me. Ate lunch people watching at Trafalgar Square then went to the National Portrait Museum which I've been to before but love, and its free. I spent absolutely hour sin the Tudor rooms, being a complete and utter history geek, reading every single little sign. It just seems amazing to me, that the pictures you see in all the textbooks, were right there, in front of me, ah, GEEK. I decided to be a proper tourist and went to the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben for a bit, just from the outside, although I wish I'd gone inside I'd probably have seen some of the debates about Abortion which were pretty lively from what I saw on the news, ah well, I don't know how easy it is to get in there nowadays anyway. From there I wondered up to the London eye and talked to a crazy drunk man, he was very friendly though.When I met back up with Charlotte at London Bridge station we finally had the Krisy Kreme we'd been craving for days, and damn was it good.In the evening we had the usual dilemma of where to go out and instead decided to have a mini cocktail, drinking games night in instead. That was after helping Charlotte's friend Rupert film some UFOs, which he later edited into a video with a Pendulum soundtrack, I wish I could remember the youtube address. I am so jealous of their courses, they all look so much fun! So yeah we all got rather drunk, Charlotte managed to break her flatmate Romy's finger by trapping it in the window, I got two hours sleep then had to run across London via Waterloo to drop off my bag to the US Embassy.
The embassy wasn't half as bad as I expected actually, I was in there less than 45 minutes, and the whole process including the queue took little over an hour. I had to have all my fingerprints taken which is a bit extreme but other than that the security wasn't particularly over the top. So until my bus I went to the V and A, which I love to bits. Unfortunately I was knackered and nearly fell asleep on the tube, so didn't really have the energy to look round everywhere. still i looked round a fantastic exhibition on books, and some of the other ones, then got the tube to Leicester Square an date MacDonald's in the sun, classy I know, before going to Waterloo and collecting my bag. Nearly dying carrying it across London and getting my bus home.
So yeah, bloody good few days. Bloody long blog post. Good times.
1 comment:
I've been to everywhere you have except China Town! Except I didn't know I was on Oxford Street and it took us two hours to find the London Eye/Big Ben/Parliment. Still, fun times.
I wish you were still that tired so we could cuddle up and fall asleep dreaming about Justin Timberlake before subconsciously touching each other up as we slept.
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