On London
Well, what an exciting few days! I came up to London on Wednesday to hang out with the two Camillas for a little bit, spent the afternoon/evening with them and Snoop, and was met in the evening by Monique, so that was a fun day. Spent Thursday morning with the Camillas again at the British Library, before their train to Edinburgh in the afternoon.
Silje arrived from Norway on Friday, and she, Snoop, Monique and I all went to see Avenue Q that evening. While the first half was a little more punchy than the second, it was still very enjoyable and incredibly funny. And I was able to get cheap £20 tickets on the day, straight from the theatre! All the "half price" booths were selling tickets for £25+, so I think that worked out well.
We mooched around on Saturday before meeting an old school friend of Silje's, Caroline, for drinks in the afternoon. We went to the Porterhouse in Covent Garden, and spent a pleasant few hours there before heading to the Leicester Square Yates for foodage. Back to a pub for some more beer, then off to the Circle Line party!
We got on a party train at Westminster, but it was *very* rowdy, lots of banging on the ceiling and tearing posters off the wall, so we got off at Liverpool Street at about 2050 so we could join in with the main group of people at 9pm. One quick loo break later, and we came back to find the underground station closed off! So we stayed at Liverpool Street, amid the chaos of about 3000 other people. It was quite a jovial atmosphere until people started getting a little more violent, throwing beer cans and the like. So we moved off and got back to where we were staying via Old Street. All in all, an enjoyable night!
Today's been, understandably, a fairly relaxed day. Lots of movies, with more on the way. I've been introduced to The Fountain, which I enjoyed tremendously while not really understanding one bit of it :P
Rest of the week is going to be mostly touristy stuff, I think. I've got my lightpainting stuff with me, which I hope to do in Trafalgar Square while I'm here.
Silje arrived from Norway on Friday, and she, Snoop, Monique and I all went to see Avenue Q that evening. While the first half was a little more punchy than the second, it was still very enjoyable and incredibly funny. And I was able to get cheap £20 tickets on the day, straight from the theatre! All the "half price" booths were selling tickets for £25+, so I think that worked out well.
We mooched around on Saturday before meeting an old school friend of Silje's, Caroline, for drinks in the afternoon. We went to the Porterhouse in Covent Garden, and spent a pleasant few hours there before heading to the Leicester Square Yates for foodage. Back to a pub for some more beer, then off to the Circle Line party!
We got on a party train at Westminster, but it was *very* rowdy, lots of banging on the ceiling and tearing posters off the wall, so we got off at Liverpool Street at about 2050 so we could join in with the main group of people at 9pm. One quick loo break later, and we came back to find the underground station closed off! So we stayed at Liverpool Street, amid the chaos of about 3000 other people. It was quite a jovial atmosphere until people started getting a little more violent, throwing beer cans and the like. So we moved off and got back to where we were staying via Old Street. All in all, an enjoyable night!
Today's been, understandably, a fairly relaxed day. Lots of movies, with more on the way. I've been introduced to The Fountain, which I enjoyed tremendously while not really understanding one bit of it :P
Rest of the week is going to be mostly touristy stuff, I think. I've got my lightpainting stuff with me, which I hope to do in Trafalgar Square while I'm here.
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