wow!
wow!
wow wow wow! this is all so cool! ^_^
the flight sucked, and we all panicked as the wheel hydraulics where damaged,
and we were stuck on an active runway for over an hour.
listening to herschelle gibbs' girlfriend mouthing off about her modelling
career (she's not that pretty)...
first things first. it's summer here. hot, sunny weather. i don't know what
it's really like here normally :P
the airport was confusing, the money was confusing, my phone doesn't work at
all. i eventually managed to figure everything out, though (but with stress, as
usual), and managed to get to kilburn a-ok. found the place with little hassle,
had a shower, said hi to everyone, and then went with her and her cousin
to central london, to see trafalgar square, whitehall (avenue?), big ben, the
thames (much less blue than anticipated), and then back to trafalgar square to
meet up with dirk diggler.
we walked through soho and oxford street, and the girls went home, while we
went to camden town.
WOW.
AWESOME.
EXACTLY my style.
i thoroughly enjoyed myself, and i'm going to have to spend more time there.
i came back to base to change into smarter clothes (seriously busy household:
lots of kids all covered in flour from making pizza, and the soccer buddies
were all over, so it was quite loud), and then went to leicester square, which,
on a saturday night, is a real experience. so many people... so many things
going on...
hyper_viper met up with me with about 5 friends of his, and we went for drinks.
and then to chinatown, to a moroccan restaurant (in chinatown??) for more
drinks, a nargila, and the usual humous and pita etc.
and it totally wasn't my idea.
we walked through tottenham court road, which was quite entertaining (some
serious freaks hanging around there), and then took the night bus to highgate.
it was about 2am, and i was literally falling over.
we had coffee when we got to hyper_viper's girlfriend's place, and talked until
the coffee wore off.
this morning, we were woken up with a serious breakfast - croissants, crumpets,
coffee, and orange juice. i quite like crumpets.
after a shower, and borrowing clothing (hee hee - a unity top), we took a bus
(i'm learning to abuse a 1-2 zone pass) all the way to high barnett (zone 6, no
extra charge), to spend the day lounging around in the sun, drinking, talking,
playing pool, running around with a rugby ball, and generally having a good
time. we actually left london for an out-of-the-way pub, where i was introduced
to a sunday roast lamb (with yorkshire pudding, weird stuff that), which was
SU-PERB.
i just got back to base (my hosts have been in and out the whole weekend, so i
haven't really seen them), and am about to get into the shower and then go to
sleep.
hyper_viper has actually moved to london yesterday (as in, no longer lives in
leeds), and i couldn't have picked a better time to get here. we're going to be
running around london doing all the touristy things until i'm out of here.
so that's my news, i'm absolutely LOVING it here, it's wonderful and exciting
and fun. the money's a bit weird, but i'm not converting - just going with
everyone's advice and letting that see me through.
and letting them buy me drinks, of course :P
i've just had decaf coffee and biscuits, and now it's bedtime. *happy sigh*
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