Believe it or not, I am already leaving after a fab London weekend. My how time flies! Arriving turned out to be much more of a hassle than I anticipated- no phone and no idea how to meet up with my friends! And rain. But no worries, I quickly resorted to begging and was able to bum a phone from a couple strangers to call the gang and meet up. Thursday, a normally tame(ish) night for the working crowd, turned out to be quite a party! I have to admit though, it felt more like a homecoming than a welcome! I am really in love with London...
The next day was all about relaxation. I ordered a pizza- my first delivery of the whole trip!- and watched a movie. When I finally left the house, I have to say I noticed something in the foggy London air that night- something UGLY! As we scanned the crowd at this cute little bar, we noticed that there were NO attractive people in the whole place! Seriously- no one even CLOSE!
We started to feel anxious, scared even! We became depressed and our conversation suffered. No joke, topics of the night were- Anne Frank, The Killing Fields, messy break-ups, the Holocaust, and when we started talking about what Hell must be like, we realized that we were already there, and that it was definitely time to flee the place! It was an early night and the 12-hour sleep that followed was desperately needed!
Saturday was fab! We greeted the day, or rather the midday, with excitement and headed to the Tate Modern to view some art. As a quick aside, the little sammy I ate for lunch was ham, brie, and cranberry jam on baguette- AMAZING! The museum was also amazing, from head to toe a real beauty. We checked out the whole place and even the special collection of this Brazilian artist, all courtesy of Miss Woodita, who comped our tickets! Bless her!
Later we went to the lounge at the National Film Theater for drinks. There were portraits of all sorts of famous actors on display, and it made me want to be a glamorous theater star :P Later, we met some friends and did Saturday night proud. Our crowd grew and I got to share a few laughs with a beautiful Venezuelana, a lovely and hilarious couple, a rock star vinyl boy, and oh so many others! I think our little corner was lively and laughs too loud and colorful and happy and planning dinner parties for the next day and the whole time snapping photos and what a joy!
I stayed up late listening to records, but still managed to get up some what early. Sunday, my last day :( was perfect! I watched Elf, which I had always wanted to see, with my friend Graham and then we went to the London Aquarium. For whatever reason I picked up this pamphlet on the train from the airport a few days earlier and it had a 2 for 1 coupon for the Aquarium- score one for me for being prepared; that never happens!
We looked at pink and orange fish and a manta ray jumped out of the water to speak to us and the piranhas didn’t even scare me and there was a fish that looked like a silk dress and turtles and fish so big they looked like they could swallow a dog and I WAS scared of the sharks and it was all so beautiful. After hours of staring we sort of ambled through the arcade next door, seeing the flashing lights chase like tropical fish. Dazed, we made our way out, I with my souvenir squishy squid and shoelace charm, and Graham with some gummy candies.
We actually went through with our drunken dinner plans from the night before and Woo and Rach had us all over for a fab shepherd’s pie with sweet potato mash and broccoli and sparkling vinooooo and the whole works! Of course the night ended with a snuggly pile up and then sadly, goodbye for now hugs. Next morning- the departure :(
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