Sunday, August 5, 2007

What I've been up to in London...

I found an internet cafe that doesn't charge $5 an hour, so while I still remember, here's what I've been up to the past few days:

Thursday:
St. Paul's Cathedral - walked all the way to the top for the view - over 450 steps!!! Worth it though.
Tate Modern museum
Shakespeares Globe Theater
Boroughs Market - organic food market with cheese, bakeries, olives, oils, meats.... num num!!
Vinopolis wine museum - pricy, and not really sure it was worth it for only a few tastes of wine
Curry and cider for dinner - trying to fit in with the locals

Friday:
Westminster Abbey, to see all the dead people
Walked up to Trafalgar Square, and saw 10 Downing St, the Houses of Parliament, Big Ben, and some other things that looked really important
Hung out in St. James Park
Shopped at Harrods
Hung out in Bloomsbury Square, near my hostel (Harry Potter is crack, and I need to spend at least an hour a day reading it - damn you J. K. Rowling!!)
Joined the group at the hostel for a pub crawl of Covent Garden

Saturday:
Went to Leicester Square to get theater tickets
British Museum - saw the Rosetta Stone and chunks of the Parthenon
Had amazing Thai for lunch
Went to the National Gallery and National Portrait Gallery
Walked through Leicester Square again, Piccadilly Circus, and up through SoHo to my hostel
Saw Avenue Q in the West End - so funny, and cute, and definitely worth it!! Who knew puppet sex was so hilarious...

Sunday:
Work up early to head to the Tower of London - also really funny, and the best tour I've had so far
Went to Spitalsbourgh (sp?) market - basically just a big junky flea market, though some cool shops
Walked along the Thames, then more reading of Harry Potter
Now sitting in Leicester Square, about to get dinner in Chinatown

Plans for the next few days:
Having high tea at Kensington Palace, seeing Wicked, a few more museums, and definitely some souvenier shopping.... plus:

Why I Know if There Is A God I Am On His Good Side
(or, the Great British Beer Festival!!!)
While I am in London!!!
http://www.camra.org.uk/page.aspx?o=gbbf

Only 2 1/2 days left!!!

1 comment:

susan said...

my goodness thats a lot of sightseeing! im jealous, its really sounded like you were having a blast!
glad you are home now. are you changing the name of your blog and continuing to tell us about your adventures????